Extensible Development

Introduction

Ever thought about running an entire business on Open Source? Or even a huge enterprise that has the size of Microsoft, Sun, IBM, Ericsson or Steria? It might sound impossible or even insane, but I’m about to show that’s it not. Far from it even.

A business is always far more complex that it appears to it’s customers, there are internal processes, divisions, decision organs, infrastructure and much more. Can all that be supported by Open Source Software? Of course!

Although some of the products I will be mentioning in this article, I do not normally use them. The reason for choosing them here is because they can be easily integrated, which is the reasoning behind this article. I discovered a net of OSS products that might seem unrelated but together might be quite exciting. Read more…

The current economy  is forcing companies to take desparate measures to ensure their survival. The further down the employee chain the less ideal these measures seem. I’d like to analyse this and offer a possible solution.

Most companies, especially larger ones, tend to see cutting down the number of employees as the first solution, or so it often seems. Luckily more and more companies are really investigating all the possibilites to their disposal to decrease internal loss and increase revenue. The question is, are they really doing everything they can? I’m convinced that this is not the case, often far from it.

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