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The new world of collaboration. IBM. Dedicated to LINUX and APACHE Saves 900 million dollars a year Invests 100 in open source projects Saves 900 on not running its own operating system Total ancillary market (servers, computers, etc) around 37 bil. dollars. Wikifying the workplace.
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IBM • Dedicated to LINUX and APACHE • Saves 900 million dollars a year • Invests 100 in open source projects • Saves 900 on not running its own operating system • Total ancillary market (servers, computers, etc) around 37 bil. dollars
Wikifying the workplace • Xerox uses wikis for structuring its technology strategy • The Geek Squad uses open gaming platforms for socializing and keeping in touch with its agents
The more daring proposition • Open up your computing platform for people to do with it… • Whatever • Amazon.com Ec2 elastic computing cloud • Offers that kind of limitless computing universe that not many people have available • A computing utility • Google Maps • A learning game: Alterpode.com • A company location utility • A social utility • It is all based on the idea of OPENING UP YOUR API • Facebook has become a social utility
With open APIs you can • Create t-shirts - Cafepress • Set up your store - Zazzle • Make money – Threadless
Be less proprietary • Be more like open source…