00549nas a2200193   4500008003900000022001400039245005600053210005200109260004200161300001000203490000600213653001700219653001800236653001100254653001600265653001900281100001900300856003600319       2012                          d  a1927-032100aQ&A. What Are the Long-Term Effects of Open Source?0 aQA What Are the LongTerm Effects of Open Source  aOttawabTalent First Networkc01/2012  a29-300 v210acode quality10acollaboration10agrowth10aopen source10aopen standards1 aDaffara, Carlo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/51401256nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245006500055210006500120260004200185520085200227100001901079856003601098       2011                        eng d  a1913-610200aOpen Source License Selection in Relation to Business Models0 aOpen Source License Selection in Relation to Business Models  aOttawabTalent First Networkc02/20113 aThis article provides recent research results from the European Union's FLOSSMetrics project. The results focus on the business and practical aspects of the adoption of open source within software products or as a basis of service offerings. Research into free/libre open source software (F/LOSS) is usually conducted with a software engineering focus or with an emphasis on F/LOSS as a spontaneous or directed collaboration effort. The FLOSSMetrics project expanded that research with an investigation on how licenses, business models, and project choices affect development and productization. This article provides a summary of common licensing issues and business models choices in F/LOSS, and it provides a list of recommendations for selecting a license for a software project to suit both business objectives and licensing constraints.  
 1 aDaffara, Carlo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/41601269nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245004000055210004000095260004200135520091500177100001901092856003601111       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aEconomic Free Software Perspectives0 aEconomic Free Software Perspectives  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/20093 a"How do you make money with free software?" was a very common question just a few years ago. Today, that question has evolved into "What are successful business strategies that can be implemented on top of free software?" To properly answer this question, it is important to distinguish between the legal, procedural and business model aspects of free/libre and open source software, and how those aspects interact. For example, the licensing aspect influences the development strategy, the kind of development community that can be created around a project, and the potential business models that can provide a monetization strategy for a company that is interested in adopting an open source project as part of the internal company strategy.

This article provides the most recent results from the FLOSSMETRICS project and its recent survey of the business model of more than 200 open source companies. 
 1 aDaffara, Carlo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/27701470nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245002500055210002100080260004200101520115000143100001901293856003601312       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aThe OpenTTT Approach0 aOpenTTT Approach  aOttawabTalent First Networkc03/20083 aThere is no shortage of data and results that demonstrate that open source software, when adopted with appropriate best practices, can significantly lower costs and provide quality IT (information technology) solutions, especially for small and medium enterprises. For example, the Consortium for Open Source Software in Public Administration project demonstrated that by using best practices for OSS procurement, not only was software acquisition cheaper, but the evaluation of tangible and intangible costs over 5 years demonstrated a cost reduction ranging from 20% to 60%. The EU study on the impact of OSS indicates that OSS can reduce software research and development costs by 36%, while the INES project found that companies adopting OSS increased profits and reduced time to market and development costs in 80% of the trials.

If OSS is so advantageous, why is so little use of it perceived in the marketplace, especially among SMEs? We present the preliminary results of an European project called OpenTTT to improve the adoption rate and study the effectiveness of best practices in OSS adoption within small and medium enterprises.1 aDaffara, Carlo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/128