<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Daniel Crenna</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Re-evaluating Open Source for Sustaining Competitive Advantage for Hosted Applications</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">04/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/341</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The use of open source in hosted solutions is undoubtedly widespread. However, it is seldom considered important in its own right, nor do the majority of hosted solutions providers contribute to or create open source as natural artifacts of doing good business. In this exploration of the nature of hosted solutions and their developers, it is suggested that not only consuming open source, but creating and disseminating it to collaborators and competitors alike, is essential to success.

By establishing an open source ecosystem where hosted solutions compete on differentiation rather than lose time and money to concerns that are expected by users, do not add value, and benefit from public scrutiny, hosted solution providers can reduce the cost of their solution, the time it takes to deliver new ones, and improve their quality without additional resources.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2010</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Articles</style></work-type><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lunarbits
Daniel Crenna is an award winning developer, author, and active entrepreneur from Ottawa, Canada. He is the lead developer of several open source projects including &lt;a href=&quot;http://tweetsharp.com/&quot;&gt; TweetSharp&lt;/a&gt;, the most popular Twitter development library for .NET developers, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://dotnetmerchant.org/&quot;&gt; DotNetMerchant&lt;/a&gt;, a hosted eCommerce platform built on Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. He is currently developing Lunarbits, a hosted eCommerce solution for small to medium publishers selling digital goods. He recently became a graduate of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://leadtowin.ca/&quot;&gt; Lead to Win&lt;/a&gt; program.</style></custom1></record></records></xml>