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Ten years of SpagoWorld

The following is the entire text of an interview – whose synthesis is in video here – given in February 2014 by Gabriele Ruffatti, director of Engineering’s Open Source Competence Centre, about the Open Source experience of Engineering, 10 years since the launch of SpagoWorld. You can find the Italian version here.

Open Source Software: is it still relevant?

Open source has just turned 16 years if we make its date of founding coincide with that of the Open Source Initiative which, in 1998, established the definition of Open Source and created the list of “approved” licences.… Read the rest

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Dieci anni di SpagoWorld

Quello che segue è il testo completo di un’intervista del Febbraio 2014, la cui sintesi è apparsa in video, a Gabriele Ruffatti, direttore del Centro di Competenza Open Source di Engineering, sull’esperienza di Engineering nell’Open Source, a 10 anni dal lancio di Spago World.

Il testo dell’intervista in Inglese è qui.

Open Source Software: ancora attuale?

L’open source ha compiuto da poco 16 anni, se facciamo coincidere la sua data di fondazione con quella della Open Source Initiative che nel 1998 ha stabilito la definizione di Open Source ed ha creato la lista di licenze “approvate”.… Read the rest

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Everything has a price, nothing is free

Some thoughts on the concept of value, for innovators: an example of reverse-thinking

Time ago I listened to a talk by Vito Mancuso, a famous Italian theologian, about “Io e Dio” (God and I). Quite an unusual topic for me. Nevertheless, I’ve extracted a reflection from it that, after some time, I wish to take up again here.

 EVERYTHING HAS  A PRICE, NOTHING IS FREE!

Roughly speaking, the explanation for this concept resides in human nature that, in comparison with other natural and biological species, can be depicted as an entity built on various layers (a classification approach similar to the one adopted in Information Technology). … Read the rest

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My list of next events in 2013 on open source, big data and software quality.

Here is the list of the next events in which I’m participating in 2013 with different roles: as the founder of the SpagoWorld initiative, as a division director within Engineering Group’s Innovation and Research Department or as the President of OW2 Consortium. Even if I’ll probably not attend all these events, you’ll have the opportunity to meet people working closely with me. They are great events, so I encourage you to come.… Read the rest

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Radical Open Source – Economics

A long time ago I wrote my first post on Radical Openness.

I promised to post something more about the Economics lying behind the Radical Openness approach, even though it is  quite a challenge for me. As both an industrial IT manager and a representative of open source communities, when dealing with open source projects I’m on the borderline between looking for their prompt success – based also on  monetary returns to grant their sustainability – and maintaining a radical open approach.… Read the rest