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August 2005 - Posts

• The product counts!?

  I just read this in Good Morning, Silicon Valley: "Part of this is the fact that the movies may not have lived up to the expectations of the audience, not just in this year, but in years prior. Audiences have gotten smart to the marketing, and they can Read More... Posted Friday, August 26, 2005 1:43 AM by Christof | 0 Comments Filed under: Open Source, Silicon Valley

• Online Communities, Fraud and Open Source

  Two reads on a quiet Sunday have sparked some thoughts about the effects of criminal activity on open source going forward. On read was an Interview with Bruce Perens in OET , the other a news article reporting a 57% increase of fraud cases at eBay (Der Read More... Posted Sunday, August 21, 2005 1:44 AM by Christof | 0 Comments Filed under: Open Source

• The World is not Flat!?

  Jagdish Baghwati calls Tom Friedman's concept of a flat world "wrong" in a contribution towards today's WSJ 's opinion page. He, instead, puts forward the concept of "kaleidoscopic comparative advantages." A good read and I have to think about it. However, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:45 AM by Christof | 0 Comments Filed under: Open Source, Globalization 3.0