September 26th, 2005
Such a nice quote out of IBM. Besides the spiritual offerings of open source business models there sure is a lot of economic impact. IBM decided - years ago - to move into consulting thereby, well, out-sourcing the development of technology.
The next step is perhaps open-sourcing consulting and the sales funnel (a term I just learned)
Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Economic and Social Foundations of Collaborative Innovation: “I think that all these motivations have always been part of economic activity and of capitalism. Open source doesn’t change that. What is different today is that for the first time, in large part because of the Internet, we have the capacity to self-organize into groups fluidly and globally. The firm is no longer the only — or, in some circumstances, the optimal — institution for organizing productive, value-creating work. And that promises a much more diverse and exciting — and very innovative — kind of marketplace.”
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