Internetnews.com writes that “[i]f you thought that most open source developers work for open source companies, you might well be wrong. According to a survey from open source services vendor OpenLogic, 50 percent of its respondents actually work for a proprietary vendor. […] The OpenLogic study was carried out by [...]
The Silicon Valley Watcher today has an interesting article on long tail economics, asking whether the concept is “bonanza or bogus.” The New York Times reports that “[a]n agreement in the stalled Doha round of World Trade Organization talks may be near, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , [...]
Over at the Open Source Blog, IBM's Savio Rodriguez discusses a presentation by Spring Source's Rod Johnson at EclipseCON. Rod and Savio come to the same conclusion that we at ACT has been discussing for years: Innovation takes a Bazaar and a Cathedral. As Savio writes: Rod challenged the notion [...]
On February 26, the Politico published an article entitled "Realtors urge lifting Freddie, Fannie caps" which contained a reference to our paper "Encouraging Foreign Investment by Limiting Political Influences." Unfortunately, the article misrepresented our views regarding reform of the CFIUS process. […]
Yesterday, the European Commission gave Google the green light to purchase DoubleClick despite the complaints of competitors like Microsoft, Yahoo! and AT&T and privacy advocates like the Center for Digital Democracy(CDD) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The Commission dismissed the competitive concerns of Microsoft et al, saying: The Commission’s [...]