Was playing an online arcade game with my nephew, the good old "Frogger" that is available at several web sites for free (good one at Triplets ). And I realized this is a good description of how we are all maneuvering in the CMS market - and in the IT-market in general.
What I […]
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No wonder that the customers are confused about what actually is included in the Open Source business Models.
Crown Peaks Rob Rose at the "Web Content 2007" said …
"Open Source: Free to buy, Cost to customize, cost to support, and cost to implement upgrades."
(see http://www.slideshare.net/webcontent2007/….)
In my opinion that is definitely not true. Lots of open […]
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Over time I have evaluated the major open source Portals and CMS, both as a consultant and as an analyst. I would say that I have a good overview in the product market. Opening the local newspaper gave me a flash back to the typical Open Source products that flourished then.
Actually a lot of […]
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Years back some of the CMS Vendors (and their partners) aggressively explored the market of CMS as Application Service Provider (ASP). In Europe it was not that big a success. The larger companies and organizations demanded a dedicated solution on their own hardware. Smaller companies and organizations rather preferred to buy a less pricey product […]
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