Archive for June, 2005

Digital Cinema here at last

On digital cinema, update on my postings on digital cinema and business model implications … In a major move designed to accelerate the long-awaited implementation of Digital Cinema nation-wide, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. and Christie Digital Systems today jointly announced a preliminary agreement to create the movie industry’s first practical Digital Cinema funding framework. The [...]

Fanning Innovation, Euro-Style

Stephen Wildstrom has an interesting article on innovation and its problems in Europe … notice this statement by Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL: “This continent is one of the most conservative places on the planet,” [...] He notes that Europe has a long history of successful invention, but a weak history of turning those inventions [...]

Wide Open Open Source Approaches (no pun intended)

Demos’ book on open source approaches seems to be a worthwhile read … focusing on open knowledge sharing and collaborative development. The rise of the Internet has made it possible for knowledge to be created and shared in ways that emphasise its character as a common good, rather than as something to be owned. [...] [...]

Google Wallet business model innovations …

Charlene Li of Forrester Research develops some very interesting thoughts on the things (aka business model innovations …) Google might have in mind with their coming online payment system … one of them is paying for subscriptions and for new kinds of content created by individuals … well yes, this may turn out to be [...]

Das Google-Yahoo-Ökosystem

Ein Eintrag im Berlecon Analysten Weblog zu Business Ecosystems (und Business Model Innovation): [wichtig] für die Ökosysteme der Suchmaschinen sind [...] die von Nutzern selbst generierten Inhalte. Google, Yahoo und auch Microsofts msn bieten mittlerweile umfangreiche Plattformen für Erstellung, Veröffentlichung und Austausch von Inhalten. So gehören zu Google etwa der Weblog-Hoster Blogger und der Fotodienst [...]

Über CDs mit Mehrwert …

… schreibt die FTD: Die schlichte Klarsichtplastikbox als CD-Verpackung hat ausgedient. Tonträgerindustrie, Musikverlage und Künstler setzen zunehmend auf Kombiprodukte, die den Käufern mehr bieten als ein Booklet und eine Silberscheibe. Eine richtige Reaktion auf Umsatzeinbrüche durch Raubkopierer etc., nur leider viel zu spät. Viele Konsumenten von Musik haben sich an “tonträgerlose” und digitale Musik gewöhnt. [...]

Can open source make enough money to innovate?

An update to my posts on McVoy and the Mambo OS business model … noticed an interesting post that discusses the business model question again, this time citing WordPress … When you give software away, how do you make enough money to fund the laborious process of writing innovative new software? There are four answers [...]