The early days of open source were fraught with religious animosities we feared would tear apart the movement: free software fundamentalists haggling with open source pragmatists over how many Apache licenses would fit on the head of a pin. But once commercial interests moved in to plunder for profit, the challenges faced by open source pivoted toward issues of control.
A proposed standard meant to help content management systems communicate with each other has steady momentum, and an initial version could be finalized early next year.
The paperless office may still be a pipe dream, but insurance giant Allianz has freed up prime CBD office space by replacing paper-based processes with the Alfresco open source enterprise content management system.
Open source database vendor Ingres has announced the availability of its ECM appliance powered by Alfresco’s content management software.