Microsoft’s Open Source White Paper

Microsoft’s "Perspectives" on its relationship with the open source world creates confusion by being pragmatic in some places and too friendly in others.

Lee Pender writes that “Like many large and powerful organizations, Microsoft as an institution can say a lot without actually saying much at all. In March, the company released a white paper on its relationship with open source. The bulk of the paper seems like a fair assessment of where Microsoft stands vis-à-vis the open source movement, but some of the content at the document’s fringes further clouds — rather than clarifies — the company’s position on open source software (OSS).“

Redmond | Redmond Report Article: Microsoft’s Open Source White Paper

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Mastering the Iteration: An Agile White Paper

The heartbeat of Agile development is the iteration — the ability of the team to create working, tested, value-delivered code in a short time box — with the goal of producing an increment of potentially shippable code at the end of each iteration. This is a significant challenge for the team, and mastering this skill takes guidance and practice.

In this white paper, Dean Leffingwell describes the basic iteration pattern and the activities that a team engages in to meet this key challenge. This paper is an excerpt from Dean’s latest book, Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises. (PDF, 14 pages) 

Visual Studio Magazine Online | Tech Library: Mastering the Iteration: An Agile White Paper

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New marketing white paper ‘useful for all kinds of organizations’

A new white paper published by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) could be useful for businesses of all sizes, it has been claimed.

The organization’s latest publication, Marketing in a Recession, includes advice for companies on why they should not shy away from promoting products and services in the current economic climate.

According to Thomas Brown, research projects manager at the organization, guidelines included in the document are transferable and useful across a number of sectors.
New marketing white paper ‘useful for all kinds of organizations’ – Marketing News – Business Strata

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