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Why You Should Include Open Source Work in Your Portfolio
Very recently, one of our product architects posted a job opening on our site to find an additional engineer to add to our growing team (in a remote provider capacity). He received inquiries from a number of interested freelance provider candidates and then proceeded to interview to find the top provider for the team. Once he had narrowed the list down to just a few freelance provider candidates, he researched their work history in more detail, finally selecting a particular candidate in India largely based on an example of his work. What it ultimately came down for my co-worker in his freelance selection process was reviewing prior work on open-source projects. Why should you care about open-source work?

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The FOSS(ilization) of the supply chain: The risks of a strategy centered on Free and Open Source Software
I recently reviewed (actually browsed as there were only10 PowerPoint slides in total) a Government of Canada presentation to attendees of the September 2006 CIO Summit in Ottawa. Titled “IM/IT Government in Canada . . . Open to Business” the presentation emphasized the fact that “change is the only constant.” Referencing a transformation agenda which highlighted a variety of important areas including internal services such as finance, human resources and procurement, the case for open standards was offered as the best possible way to manage this ongoing evolution. More specifically, the concept of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a viable solution was introduced.

The Importance Of Software OWNERSHIP
When discussing free vs. proprietary software or open vs. closed source there is a third option that is often not mentioned but which may be the only way ahead for our business in the long term. Instead of depending on a community of open source developers or proprietary software companies to provide our mission-critical information systems we may have to develop and maintain our own software if our business is to have the information system it really needs.
Why You Should Include Open Source Work in Your Portfolio
Very recently, one of our product architects posted a job opening on our site to find an additional engineer to add to our growing team (in a remote provider capacity). He received inquiries from a number of interested freelance provider candidates and then proceeded to interview to find the top provider for the team. Once he had narrowed the list down to just a few freelance provider candidates, he researched their work history in more detail, finally selecting a particular candidate in India largely based on an example of his work. What it ultimately came down for my co-worker in his freelance selection process was reviewing prior work on open-source projects. Why should you care about open-source work?
The Art of Sharing Online
The internet has made it possible for businesses to share information to anyone in the world with the simplicity of online resources. There are more and more tools available for these entrepreneurs to distribute valuable information to current and potential clients. If you learn the capabilities of the following tools you will be able to open your business to a community of users who you may not have been able to reach out to individually.

Zen Cart - a free, open source shopping solution
If you have a online store Zen Cart is definitely something you should know about. Let us see how this free, open source shopping solution can help you.
Millions of People Help You Communicate with Your Customers
Who is helping you, if not yourself? Turns out that when it comes to software, it's millions of people. There is a community of developers who put in their time to make free products for you, products that help you communicate with your customers through your website, (IP) telephone, and email. Open source gives you a full suite of communication tools. It is time to realize it.
Publicity...Everything Changes But the Tool
As the world turns so does the hot and not communications tools. We jump from print, online news; websites, blogs, microblogs. Proponents of each will swear that "this is the source, the tool that will rise to the top and become the news source of choice." But when you want to be informed (or better yet when YOU want to inform) you think of the lowly, maligned press release. It's not dead. It's just that so few can do the darn thing right. Let's look at the facts and do it right...

Mashups Streamline Business, Reduce Costs, And Improve Profits
A mashup, or web application hybrid, is a single application that combines the data or features from more than one source. They effectively add additional functionality to another data source or application. While they were first used as consumer oriented tools, more and more businesses have adopted the technology towards their own enterprise based ends.
Open Source Software Development Technologies
Open Source Software’s are the software whose source code is made available to public by which people can make changes or improvement and can also study the software design and code.

Open Source Web Development and PHP Developers Are Made For Each Other
Today there are many PHP developers that with their experience and expertise can deliver the most apt solutions on all the open source platforms.

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