The Web Economy/Community Is King
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Resource type: this resource is a course. |
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Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource. |
Leadership Is King
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.
Topic 1
- Even though Yahoo! was the first-mover in the search engine territory, today it is taken over and threatened by Google. But when Google took in funds and go public, it has problems that often strike large commercial giants.
- Open Source is now used to gain popularity and hold on a community. It seems to be a marketing ploy to gain following and then sell off to rake in the highest profits.
Research Tasks
- Why do you think Google can easily beat Yahoo!?
- What did Google did that Yahoo! did not?
- Do you think there will be another dotcom that can beat Google in future?
- What must that new site do or offer that makes people leave Google for it?
- Why does Mambo's community fork to form Joomla?
- Why does Compiere's community fork to form ADempiere?
- What does the majority of the community wants out of a dotcom or site?
- Who is actually King, the site or the community?
Activities
- Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
- Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
- Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.
Links to Student Notes
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Notable Links to Resources
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Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)