Software Research and the Industry

Title: Towards End-User Programming with Wikis
Authors: Craig Anslow, Dirk Riehle
Institution: SAP Research, SAP Labs LLC
Abstract: When business software fails to provide the desired functionality, users typically turn to spreadsheets to perform simple but general computational tasks. However, spreadsheets enforce a view of the world that consists mostly of tables and numbers rather than the domain [...]

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Title: How to benefit from open source
Presenter: Dirk Riehle
Institution: SAP Research, SAP Labs LLC
Abstract: Open source is changing the game of how software is built and how money is made. This talk analyzes the economics of open source software from three main perspectives: The system integrator perspective, the start-up firm perspective, and the individual software [...]

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