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Entries from October 2007

Frogger - the CMS game number ONE!

October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Was playing an online arcade game with my nephew, the good old "Frogger" that is available at several web sites for free (good one at  Triplets ). And I realized this is a good description of how we are all maneuvering  in the CMS market - and in the IT-market in general.

What I […]

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Open Source != Free

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

No wonder that the customers are confused about what  actually is included in the Open Source business Models.
Crown Peaks Rob Rose at the "Web Content 2007" said …
"Open Source: Free to buy, Cost to customize, cost to support, and cost to  implement upgrades."
(see http://www.slideshare.net/webcontent2007/….)
In my opinion that is definitely not true. Lots of open […]

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The Open Source CMS and Portals

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Over time I have evaluated the major open source Portals and CMS, both as a consultant and as an analyst. I would say that I have a good overview in the product market. Opening the local newspaper gave me a flash back to the typical Open Source products that flourished then.

Actually a lot of […]

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CMS as service

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Years back some of the CMS Vendors (and their partners) aggressively explored the market of CMS as Application Service Provider (ASP). In Europe it was not that big a success. The larger companies  and organizations demanded a dedicated solution on their own hardware. Smaller companies and organizations rather preferred to buy a less pricey product […]

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Tags: Predictions 2007 · CMS-as-Service · Vendor Service