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Surviving the Downturn with Open Source |
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In the
current downturn budgets are being cut, and many companies are looking at
opportunities to reduce costs by using open source software. According to
Matt Aslett, an analyst at consulting firm 451 Group while open source software
is already widely used to help businesses run their servers and database
management systems, it's gaining wider acceptance in such areas as
collaboration, customer relationship management, and supply chain management.
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Managing open source procurement |
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A couple of interesting reads about OSS procurement came our way this
month that will make useful reading for anyone thinking about adopting
open source right now (and if our phone lines are anything to go by
that’s an awful lot of you!)
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Open source learning management systems: a primer |
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We were delighted to be able to contribute this feature article
on open source learning management systems to the November 2008 edition of
Learning Technologies magazine. In this feature Mark Aberdour, Kineo Open Source CEO, provides an overview of the rise
of Moodle and the wider open source learning management systems market.
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Free resources 