Software Research and the Industry

For your information, a research workshop on wikis for (in) software engineering.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Third Workshop on “Wikis for Software Engineering”, September 8, 2008, at WikiSym 2008, Porto, Portugal, September 8-10, 2008
Introduction
The use of wikis in software engineering dates back to 1995, when Ward Cunningham created the first ever wiki as a platform for discussing patterns [...]

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On their blogs, Matt Asay and Savio Rodrigues are discussing whether IBM is using open source to diminish competitor margins. I think it is obvious that IBM does this, most notably with its Linux engagement, which is squarely directed against Microsoft (Windows). It is what I call a war over the share of customer’s wallet, [...]

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Title: Open Source Businesses and Developer Careers: Who Benefits from Open Source? How and Why?
Presenter: Dirk Riehle
Abstract: Open source is changing how software is built and how money is made. This talk discusses the economics of open source software from the start-up firm, the system integrator, and the software developer perspective. The talk provides a [...]

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I’ll be participating in the panel “Successful Open Source, with little or no Agile” at Agile 2008 in Toronto, Canada, on August 7th, 2008.
Successful Open Source, with Little or No Agile
Agile adoption in the Open Source community ranges from some to none for most successful teams.

Can these communities learn anything from each other?
Are these two [...]

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Community open source is open source that is not owned by any particular company. Rather, ownership is shared among a large number of diverse stakeholders. Given the right (read: permissive) license, commercial companies can provide extensions to the community project, earning a living. Since such extensions are a unique selling point of these companies, one [...]

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