The Web Economy
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Resource type: this resource is a course. |
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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.
Open Source is a result of an online community that heavily depends on the Web's space of freely available tools and applications. It is also maturing with lots of anchor domains and ready and new audiences. The Web is also home to many commercial entities and interests crouching into the advantage and territory of Open Source. We have to grasp and appreciate as well as understand some of the forces that shape its form and strategy and importantly its future direction in order to thrive optimally.
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)
- ^10 - Brief History of Open Source - How Software Development Was Originally Done
- ^11 - Linus vs Tannenbaum - Why Releasing Early is Better Than Releasing Better
- ^12 - Bazaar Culture and Policy - Why Giving Away Is Something Good
- ^13 - Microsoft vs The World - Dynamics of an Eco-system
Getting Online and Staying Online
(20hrs)
Total Cost of Ownership
(15 hrs)
Web for Business
(15 hrs)
- ^21 - Branding philosophy
- ^22 - Marketshare and Mindshare
- ^23 - Collaborative Community
- ^24 - Seeking a Niche
- ^25 - Self Positioning
Contemporary Open Source
(20 hrs)
- ^26 - Licensing & Business Models
- ^27 - Community OS vs Commercial OS
- ^28 - Business As Usual
- ^29 - Community Perpetual Forking
Next Generation
(15 hrs)
- ^30 - Era of Convergence
- ^31 - Google-ERP - The Single Window
- ^32 - IPhone-ERP - Sensory Computing
- ^33 - Universal Supply Chain