[ad_1] Developing and maintaining relationships with customers can be a challenge. But it’s an essential task for businesses’ growth and survival. In order to maintain those relationships, a CRM system is a must-have. And CRM systems are one area in which open source shines brightly. When we first took a look at the top open source CRM systems back…

[ad_1] “Open source code is problematic because anonymous people on the Internet design it, and ‘holes’ are not fixed by vendor updates.” Is this FUD from some proprietary software behemoth? No, it’s a quote from a recent decision made by a California Court of Appeal. As attorney Evan Brown noted, 21st Capital Corp. v. Onodi Tooling &…

[ad_1] Too often web apps and the frameworks they’re built on support only the privileged—the always-online users and development teams with both front-end and back-end expertise. In open source, this support of privilege is usually reflected in the contributor community. Hoodie, a new web app architecture, does things a little differently. Simply put, Hoodie is…

[ad_1] A few weeks ago, I read Jim Whitehurst’s call to ban the one-hour meeting in the Time article 25 Daily Habits That Will Make You More Successful. Jim recommended making 30 minutes the default meeting length. I made this change myself last summer, when I saw my calendar filling up with more meetings than…