New Sources of Technology Innovation

by John Berry

The open source software development movement brought the IT world to attention with the creation of the Linux platform. An "innovation ecology" grew out of developers' enthusiasm for the possibilities of this technology as thousands of code jocks around the world contributed innovations and functionality to the Linux OS and Linux-based applications. It shouldn't surprise anyone that the open source concept has found its way quietly into the proprietary, packaged application market as vendors attempt to leverage the R&D and innovation value of open source by encouraging development contributions from customers, resellers, and others. Going forward, the key question for organizations is: what are the strategic and operational implications in using software technology that increasingly leverages open source methodologies?

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New Sources of Technology Innovation15 August 2006