Open Source eCommerce and Bootstrapping

David M. Graham on November 22nd, 2008 | File Under ecommerce -

Open Source eCommerce platforms and bootstapping go together like salt and pepper, ham and eggs or turkey and dressing. That's a fact.

Even when the software is commercialized, it offers significant advantages to the bootstrapping firm in the form of the implicit opportunity to craft new capabilities over time as funding allows.  Which is why I take this opportunity to reply to Javier Rojas description of bootstrapping, a  process in which founders self finance their way to profitability in his article "The Art of the Bootstrap" at venturebeat.com.

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CRE Loaded: You've Lost That Loving Feeling...

David M. Graham on November 4th, 2008 | File Under creloaded, osCommerce -

In an unpublished article I started on October 15, I stated "Kerry Watson's new article was posted today on ecommerceguide.com. You can find it at: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/news/article.php/3777841 . It is entitled, "Can Iozzia Get the CRE Loaded Love Back?". The short answer is no."

While I still think I blew off a bit more steam than I want to publicize so quickly after Chain Reaction's devastating implosion (or indeed - at all), events since then have made me reconsider addressing the issue in this venue though not the conclusion of my initial paragraph.  First off was the management of the all too expected eruption of steam following Sal's "grand return" and the unbanning of a number of long time community members who were neither happy at being banned, or impressed with claims of change.  One of the most vociferous was Michael DesMarais of Supreme Center Hosting .

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Trade Secret Law and your IT Infrastructure

Denver Prophit Jr. on October 15th, 2008 | File Under education, server administration -

I was reading an article entitled, "The Cutting Edge of Trade Secrets--How Far Should the Law Go To Prevent Misappropriation by Memory and Inevitable Disclosure" and what I found relevant to most small business computer networks are that employees often can setup email accounts and store emails on their personal home computer should the telecommuter - work at home.

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