Articles by Rafael Laguna de la Vera

Open Source Is No "Get-Rich-Quick Scheme" But If You Get It Right...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Money is being made with Open Source. Some make spectacular money by exploiting Open Source (Google, Apple) and some things wouldn't even exist without it (Internet, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing) - so it really boils down to finding the right business model.

SaaS - The Right Business Model for Open Source?

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT

What does Software as a Service (SaaS) have to do with open source? Not much, you might think. SaaS, as you probably know, is a delivery - and business - model for software that has been proving quite disruptive to the traditional software business - just as the open source model has been. The two combined may turn out to be even more so.

Building a New Communications Highway...

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:45:00 EST

If the Internet did one thing, it dramatically accelerated the flow of information. This, in turn, has led to additional pressures on today's white-collar workers - the so-called knowledge workers. A reply to a written letter may well take a week - more than adequate in the not-too-distant past.