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More on Build versus Buy versus Opensource

August 8th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Four pillars

There have been a number of interesting comments on my recent post on the build/buy debate. Leo de Sousa feels I have missed out “reuse” as the first port of call. And I guess he’s right, since I haven’t been explicit about the role of reuse in all this. So I will modify what I [...]

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Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 4: Four Pillars

August 8th, 2007 · 14 Comments · Four pillars

When I started writing Confused of Calcutta, I included the following text in About This Blog:
I believe that it is only a matter of time before enterprise software consists of only four types of application: publishing, search, fulfilment and conversation. I believe that weaknesses and corruptions in our own thinking about digital rights and intellectual [...]

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