The Web Economy

Resource type: this resource is a course.

Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource.

Programme

This is a module part of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Subject

The Web Economy - its era and impact to open source, a practical approach.

Objectives

The objectives of this subject are:

• To explore the impact of the explosive Web and Open Source on certain economies, its trends, and business software development
• To provide important exposure and skills in web social engineering for Open Source ERP (OS ERP)
• To grasp the rules of creating a self-sustaining web presence.
• To prepare for practical work during the technical subjects of software development and project management

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this subject the students shall be able to:

• Understand and explain the importance of the Web in the new economy of evolving business applications versus the old.
• Create their web presence among the community and evolve their area of focus.
• Manage on a survival basis the various web tools such as IRC, Forums, Wiki and other portalised mediums.
• Conduct themselves confidently online among the community with adherence to basic etiquette.
• Calculate and debate the viable cost/benefit option among various choices and opinions when choosing a software.

Sypnosis

This subject is an important foundation that will govern the students' behaviour in been a future and successful Open Source ERP practitioner. Critical understanding of the principles that ensure better and faster evolving of a software product and knowledge base versus the traditional version. Among the subject matters covered are how software development is affected by Open Source, its pros and cons, community open source versus commercial open source, Total Cost of Ownerships, and critical issues facing users of OS ERP.

Subject Details

What is The Web?

(20 hrs)

• Consequences of the Web on global economy and human behaviour
• Various Models of Web Economies
• Reinventing Yourself On The Web

The Cathedral and The Bazaar

(15 hrs)

• How Open Source evolves better software
• Linus vs Tannenbaum
• Bazaar culture and etiquette
• Microssoft vs the world

Getting Online and Staying Online

(20hrs)

• Critical Tools and Skills
• Expanding online presence
• Overcoming limitations adn weaknesses

Total Cost of Ownership

(15 hrs)

• TCO Pyramid
• Why aren't everyone using Linux?
• Costs of Gaps
• TCO Strategy

Web for Business

(15 hrs)

• Branding philosophy
• Self Positioning
• Collaborative Community
• Methodology and Best Practice

Contemporary Open Source

(20 hrs)

• Licensing & Business Models
• Community OS vs Commercial OS
• Business As Usual
• Community Perpetual Forking

Next Generation

(15 hrs)

• Era of Convergence
• Google-ERP
• IPhone-ERP
• Freedom vs Privacy