The recent comments made by Finnish Minister of Transportation made me think. Are we really so used to things not working as their supposed to? ”According to the Minister of Transportation the change in train ticket sales procedures was not badly planned.” (YLE News/ Ari Hakahuhta) I will elaborate on the subject on a general level. Maybe we will later hear some reasons for the failure in this particular case. Why is it so [...]

The latest C++ ISO standard was published in 2003, and the ISO C++ working group (JTC1/SC22/WG21) has been working on a renewed version ever since. The current plan is to publish the new standard in 2011. If the planned schedule holds, the committee will publish a final version for national standards body balloting after the next meeting in March 2011 in Madrid,and ISO should be able to make it final before the end of 2011. [...]

The legal rules often play a key role when it comes to business models in software businesses and notably in free and open source software projects. This is particularly true when the project owner wants to maintain some level of control over the software and the project itself. The balance between control and freedom is achieved by legal tools and policies, such as licenses, compliance policies, contracts, trademarks, organization rules, contribution policies, only to name [...]

But it will likely be a tough drive,possibly an off-road maneuver Driven by consumer demand for independence, the automotive industry struggles to transform 100 years of legacy development practices and processes into the free spirited and dynamic world of community innovation. Integration of the consumer electronics concepts has already occurred in cars, but with relatively clumsy, manual software development procedures limited to external device “attachment”. The next step will require integration into the business fabric [...]

Myths and Facts About the Open Way. There are still many myths about Open Source Software(OSS) despite the fact that the discussion has evolved from a purely ideological debate to professional evaluation of the pros and cons of each scenario. What are the bevefits and the opportunity costs when leveraging OSS?  What is the true impact on the bottom-line and value added in the development process?  Does OSS strengthen your innovation power? The value of [...]