OpenERP, the open source ERP and business applications provider since 2005, today announced the new version of their offering giving customers choice between on-premise and SaaS options. The new version OpenERP v6, a major upgrade from the previous version that makes implementation and use of a comprehensive set of business applications (CRM, Purchase Management, Manufacturing, [...]
SaaS Startups Should Check Out CouchDB First
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ever since Oracle acquired MySQL, there is a lingering question in the minds of SaaS companies that had relied heavily on MySQL and the analysts who follow the space closely. It is about the impact of this acquisition on the SaaS providers. While thinking about the impact of any adverse move by Oracle on SaaS [...]
Open Source As A SaaS Endgame Debate
December 18, 2009 By 6 Comments
I have been advocating my theory on Open Source as a SaaS endgame for sometime now. My recent post on the topic quoting the example of Storytlr has kcik started a round of debate in the web. Matthew Aslett of 451 Group pointed out that releasing the SaaS application as Open Source doesn’t guarantee its [...]
Open Source As A SaaS Endgame – Digging A Bit More
December 17, 2009 By 3 Comments
Open Source As A SaaS Endgame – Storytlr Joins The Elite Group
December 16, 2009 By 2 Comments
Many societies believe in the idea of Afterlife. As far as the human life is concerned, I do not believe in this supernatural concepts. However, when it comes to software “lives”, I believe in eternity (a life without death). I believe that a software can live eternally without the death faced by the lesser mortals, [...]
Cloud Computing Is Not Killing Open Source Anywhere – A Response To Gartner
September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Couple of weeks back, Andrea Di Maio of Gartner wrote a blog post arguing that cloud computing is killing open source in the government. He says that the government agencies are finding cloud based alternatives to proprietary infrastructure, OS, office applications, etc. instead of the traditional open source software. According to him, [...]
Opensource Can Make Your Web App Live Forever
April 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I wrote this post at a time when Readburner was crucified and before its current resurrection. In that post, I had suggested that companies entering deadpool should consider releasing their code under one of the opensource licenses. I made this argument to emphasize that it will build trust among the customers in this era of [...]
How To Select A Hosted Wiki?
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