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	Software Ecosystem:
		In this book, software technology and the myriad issues that surround its dissemination and use are examined from a number of relevant perspectives.
		Software is examined in the context of its users, its developers, its buyers and sellers, its operators, society and government, lawyers, and economics.
		The book attempts to bring these perspectives on software together in ways that illustrate that software is both distinctive from other goods and services and interesting from a variety of perspectives.
	www.eecs.berkeley.edu /~messer/softeco (274 words)

	A PRIMER ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND LAWYERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is not unusual for commercial software developers to refer to their software source code as the “crown jewels” of the company and to jealously guard it against disclosure to others.
		At its most basic level, “open source software” is distinguished from proprietary software by the availability of source code to everyone who receives a license to use the software and, in many cases, by a broad authorization to modify and redistribute it in both binary and source code form.
		The most feared consequence is that their supposedly proprietary software could thus become subject to conditions or obligations that it be distributed free of charge with broad permissions to modify and redistribute and a requirement that the source code be made freely available to all licensees.
	www.wipo.int /sme/en/documents/opensource_software_primer.htm (12650 words)

	Software That Lasts 200 Years
		In the early days of computer software, the software was intimately connected to the hardware on which it ran, and as that hardware was replaced by new, better hardware, new software was built to go with it.
		The most successful prepackaged software applications have been those that may be inexpensively customized to meet the needs of users by developers with less and less computer skills, most desirably by the users themselves, or that form a base on which other prepackaged or custom software are built.
		The software itself may be available with no or little charge, but the organization is set up so that support of various sorts is provided by the company which has special knowledge of, and access to, the product.
	www.bricklin.com /200yearsoftware.htm (4142 words)

	Software ecosystem - SourceWatch
		Microsoft refers (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/Articles/GNU.mspx) to a so-called "degradation of the software ecosystem" that has, according to itself, "sustained unparalleled innovation throughout the industry for the past quarter-century".
		If there is such a thing as a software ecosystem[1] (http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~messer/softeco/), then it, like any other ecosystem, up to and including the Earth itself, would be a life-sustaining mechanism deserving of every protection physically possible, and worth risking death to protect.
		Furthermore, if there are also "sustained..." good results from recognizing these rights, then the mere fact that software development exists co-opts the term sustainable development, which might under these conceptual metaphors just as easily refer to Microsoft's own development process, not, as generally understood, to ecologically sensitive rural and energy development.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Software_ecosystem (394 words)

	Shirky: Situated Software
		This way of making software is in contrast with what I'll call the Web School (the paradigm I learned to program in), where scalability, generality, and completeness were the key virtues.
		Situated software isn't a technological strategy so much as an attitude about closeness of fit between software and its group of users, and a refusal to embrace scale, generality or completeness as unqualified virtues.
		The idea that software should be built for many users, or last for many years, are cultural assumptions not required by the software itself.
	www.shirky.com /writings/situated_software.html (3977 words)

	tim.oreilly.com -- Open Source Software
		Software as a service is the business model that Microsoft wants to move toward, and nobody seems to recognize that this is a business model that free software already has a big head start on.
		O'Reilly and collaborative software community get 1998 Infoworld Achievement award -- The February 1999 article by Nicholas Petreley announcing this award led to the controversial statement by Bruce Perens that I was a parasite who hadn't actually contributed any code to the free software community.
		Hardware, Software and Infoware -- This talk was first delivered in March 1997, at the Linux Kongress in Wurzburg, the same conference where Eric Raymond first gave The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
	tim.oreilly.com /opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html (5898 words)

	Grid Software - An "Ecosystem" of Grid Components
		Like any other ecosystem, the Grid ecosystem is in constant flux, with inherent forces that push it toward a stable state that includes niches that are well-defined and sensible with respect to applications.
		For the developers of Grid software components, it is important to remember that your components occupy niches in the Grid ecosystem.
		Without the "ecosystem" concept of cooperating component development teams, the challenge of integrating these components into a seamless application would be significant.
	www.globus.org /grid_software/ecology.php (2347 words)

	Hong Kong Corporate Information
		This software ecosystem is made up of a continuous cycle of critical interactions amongst the various organizations and individuals that develop and work with software.
		The linkages that fuel the software ecosystem are symbiotic.
		The extent of Microsoft's contribution to Hong Kong's IT software ecosystem was revealed in a recent survey of more than 2,600 companies carried out in the territory, which showed that within the Microsoft software business model, contribution of up to HK$2 billion in taxes in 2002 on estimated turnover of HK$17 billion was made.
	www.microsoft.com /hk/mscorp/industry2.mspx (751 words)

	"Software Creation Industry" (Chapter 7) from Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Each chapter surveys the industry from a different player's point of view -- including users, software engineers, managers, industrialists, policy experts and lawyers, and economists -- and relates their issues to those of other industry roles.
		A goal of the book is to integrate an explanation of pre- and post-development activities with a description of both the development process itself and its resulting technologies.
		Chapter 7 looks at the internal structure of the software creation industry, keeping in mind that most solutions are composed of products from multiple firms, and that cooperation among these firms is therefore crucially important.
	www-106.ibm.com /developerworks/rational/library/2772.html (356 words)

	» Of software ecosystems, symbiosis and co-innovation \| Between the Lines \| ZDNet.com
		An ecosystem is defined as a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.
		Dana Blankenhorn describes a software ecosystem as "every program written for a particular piece of software or hardware." He goes on to say: "It is very very hard for any company to carry a platform on its own.
		As Phil Wainewright writes, developing a software ecosystem is also about having a services infrastructure that allows competitors and developers to plug in and build marketplaces.
	blogs.zdnet.com /BTL/index.php?p=1928 (1349 words)

	Clemens Szyperski
		Although the quality of a system’s software architecture is one of the critical factors in its overall quality, the architecture is simply a means to an end, the end being the implemented system.
		Thus the ultimate measure of the quality of the software architecture lies in the implemented system, in how well it satisfies the requirements and constraints of the project and whether it can be maintained and evolved successfully.
		The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering.
	research.microsoft.com /users/cszypers (512 words)

	Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry - Messerschmitt, David G.; Szyperski, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In this book the authors explain, from a variety of perspectives, how software and the software industry are different--technologically, organizationally, and socially.
		The growing importance of software requires professionals in all fields to deal with both its technical and social aspects; therefore, users and producers of software need a common vocabulary to discuss software issues.
		In "Software Ecosystem, Messerschmitt and Szyperski address the overlapping and related perspectives of technologists and nontechnologists.
	www.internetbookshop.it /ame/ser/serdsp.asp?shop=1&e=0262134322 (247 words)

	Astra Infotech - the software engineering company
		Computers and software systems are getting into the critical path in many of the areas of our daily life.
		On the other side, the software development industry has to travel a long way to be like any other manufacturing industry - to be predictable, repeatable and more than any thing else, to have an engineering approach.
		Like the Mother Nature balances the natural ecosystem, Software Engineering will act as an ecosystem in software development arena.
	www.astrainfotech.com /services.html (305 words)

	BPM Forum: Software Economics Council (SECO)
		The Software Economics Council (SECO) is a major industry initiative launched by the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum, an important organization created to advance the understanding of business performance management techniques, technologies, processes and ROI in global enterprises.
		We software folks are not from outer space (for the most part), but our business has always faced a similar problem: Superior technology, even when it makes for great point solutions, ends up as roadkill when it’s not supported by a business ecosystem.
		And that’s why we launched the Software Economics Council (SECO): To examine the issues that don’t belong in the past but are unique to our time, and to do it with a perspective that fits into the broader economic framework -- in other words, not technical standards but business standards.
	www.bpmforum.org /SECO/newsletter.htm (1338 words)

	IT Conversations: Vanessa Colella
		Vanessa Colella blends optimism with practical suggestions on how software companies can move to the next phase by understanding their niche in the customer's ecosystem.
		In the first phases of software, the focus was on predictable, rules-based activities which were well served by traditional software packages.
		These changes in the business landscape call on software designers to look for ways in which their software connects at the edges with the user and with the network.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail1026.html (431 words)

	SandHill.com \| Engineering \| The Real Open Source Revolution
		Open source software provides the impetus for a new kind of intellectual services based on a set of software building blocks which have become a part of the new software ecosystem.
		Large software vendors who have built their products more than a few years ago also benefit from migrating proprietary components of their software to open source.
		While the new ecosystem may shrink the time to market and open source software may present a compelling alternative to proprietary solutions, the migration will not be easy.
	www.sandhill.com /opinion/editorial.php?id=30 (1028 words)

	Protecting the Software Ecosystem: An Update on Microsoftâs Efforts to Combat Software Piracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		From an industry perspective, larger companies are still able to operate in the fl, but the 35 percent piracy rate is a significant number for the thousands of smaller organizations that depend on the health of the software ecosystem to survive.
		There is full packaged product, or âcounterfeitâ software, where someone has taken the time to replicate the software and packaging for resale in order to dupe customers into thinking itâs genuine.
		For example, we obtain hardware and software from computer dealers across the country and then test the software and software components to determine their authenticity.
	www.microsoft.com /indonesia/news/03-09Piracy.aspx (1669 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Software Industry Leaders Join Initiative to Improve Quality, Value and Economics of Enterprise Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With support from many of the industry's leading software companies and integrators, the new council will bring together the major constituencies in today's enterprise software ecosystem to address critical issues impacting the efficiency, effectiveness and value of software.
		SECO's unique charter is in response to the growing dependency of organizations on software to run their operations and drive business performance, as well as increasing concerns about the cost, quality, availability, and integrity of software.
		A recent executive survey fielded by the BPM Forum revealed that 63 percent of respondents say their companies rely on software to capture emerging opportunities in the marketplace and 61 percent use software for competitive differentiation.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=88682 (695 words)

	How to Achieve Sustainable Software Development > Sustainable Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sustainable software development is a mindset (principles) and an accompanying set of practices that enable a team to achieve and maintain an optimal development pace indefinitely.
		The software is both brittle and fragile as a result of factors such as over- (or under-) design, a code first then fix defects later (code-then-fix) mentality, too many dependencies between code modules, the lack of safeguards such as automated tests, and supposedly temporary patches or workarounds that are never addressed.
		There are not enough software projects today where over time a team can stay the same size (or even shrink) and still deal with the increasing complexity of its software and its ecosystem and increasing customer demands.
	www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=433344 (964 words)

	Amazon.com: Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry: Books: David G. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Text explains, from a variety of perspectives, how software and the software industry are different from other industries technologically, organizationally, and socially.
		The different vantage points they use suggest a number of trends that the software industry will follow over the next decade that are far different from that in the popular trade press or business press.
		Software creation is here seen in context of industry, govrnement and economy - not only business, not merely science.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0262134322?v=glance (1570 words)

	NewsForge \| Are you ready for open source infrastructure?
		and Yuhanna came across not so much as open source partisans as people who accept that fact that open source is now a viable part of the enterprise software ecosystem and is destined to become a larger part of it over time.
		And with more and better (and better-integrated) open source solutions coming to market, say Rymer and Yuhanna, "conventional" software vendors are being forced to lower their prices considerably -- or at least to offer larger and more frequent discounts if they are reluctant to reduce their "list" prices.
		Within 18 to 24 months they expect to see significantly lower prices for "conventional" database and Java products, with this effect spreading to other parts of the enterprise software market as the 52% of companies that aren't currently using or considering open source gradually change their minds.
	software.newsforge.com /software/04/05/18/151220.shtml?tid=132&tid=82 (1111 words)

	O'Reilly -- Java is Essential to the Software Ecosystem
		Editor's Note: This week's news that Microsoft will not include the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with Windows XP is a blow to developers who have created Java applications and applets designed to work with the world's dominant operating system.
		It is essential that a Java Virtual Machine continue to be an integral part of the basic installation of all personal computers, and accessible from their browsers.
		Your support for Java will immediately provide impetus to, and an outlet for, the talents of the world's programmers, as well as increase the value of your hardware to the user, and encourage the diversity of the software ecosystem.
	www.oreilly.com /news/jvm_0701.html (397 words)

	Novedge - Book: Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is essentially a big glossary of basic terms and principles and never probes the dynamics of the relationship between software and the designer, and software and the user.
		If you truly want to understand how software is created, the role it plays in our lives, and its potential, keep looking.
		I keep up with new research developments in the business of software and feel comfortable saying that the insights in this book are not to be found in other books that exist on the market.
	www.novedge.com /Book_Show.asp?ASIN=0262134322 (543 words)

	Free Software is a viable business model. - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog
		Open Source Software, on the other hand, is a broader term that usually refers to software licensed under one of the Open Source Initiative's approved licenses.
		However, many OSI-approved licenses such as the Apache and the Open Software License, are considered by the FSF to be incompatible with the GPL for various reasons.
		Thus, use of the term "Free Software" to me brings to mind only FSF-blessed licenses, which in the case of Apple's use of non-proprietary software, is inaccurate.
	www.oreillynet.com /mac/blog/2006/06/free_software_is_a_viable_busi.html (756 words)

	Kendra Initiative Wiki: Software Ecosystem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A software ecosystem is often known as a "platform".
		In our case, we are not be quite so grand as to consider ourselves as the complete ecosystem.
		However, if you don't want to think about the Semantic Web, or if you don't believe that it's going to succeed, you can completely ignore the Semantic Web aspect of KendraBase, and just regard it as a web-based free-form indexing tool which is good for publishing your music or other media catalogues.
	www.kendra.org.uk /wiki/wiki.pl?Software_Ecosystem (147 words)

	32-bit & 64-bit Software Applications that Support AMD64 Technology
		Since introducing the AMD64 instruction set and architecture in 2003, we have worked continuously with our partners and developers to ensure their 64-bit platforms harness the power of AMD64 technology.
		Microsoft, Novell, Red Hat, and Sun have integrated AMD64 technology into their 64-bit operating systems, and a broad range of software developers offer 64-bit applications designed to enhance performance and efficiency.
		Browse the AMD64 ecosystem to find high-performance applications that meet your critical business needs.
	www.amd.com /amd64ecosystem (120 words)

	HighJump Software - About Us
		HighJump Software, a 3M company, together with its partner community, delivers unmatched value with best-of-breed solutions that streamline logistics operations and empower collaboration.
		Known collectively as Supply Chain Advantage™, these RFID technology-enabled solutions provide effective functionality for warehouse management, yard management and transportation management; supply chain visibility and event management; collaborative inventory management; supplier execution enablement and automated data collection.
		The Partner EcoSystem empowers both HighJump and its partners to continue to achieve success through mutually beneficial opportunities for revenue generation and growth.
	www.highjumpsoftware.com /partners (147 words)

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