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Department of Free and PLM

Department of Free and PLM

What do you think about the power of FREE? The following article in UK Guardian made me think again about the power of free influence. Times loses almost 90% of online readership. Take a look on the following quote: The Times has lost almost 90% of its online readership compared to February since making…

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PLM Future Business and Social Models

Usually, when we are discussing various aspects of software, we are spending lot of time talking about technologies. However, I think, most of the people, learned these days, that to have an excellent product and technology is only part of the game. Business Model matters not less than technology. You…

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FREE and COOL Trends in CAD/PLM

FREE and COOL Trends in CAD/PLM

I want to propose an unusual theme for our PLM discussion. Let’s talk about trends related to manufacturing and software development. Few months ago, I prompted about “Free” as a best future price. If you haven’t chance to see this post, you can find it here. During the past years,…

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Freemium PLM – Yes or No?

Freemium is a business model became very popular among internet start-ups and established companies. Services like LinkedIn, Flikr and Skype are using freemium business model. If you are not familiar with this term, take a look here. Also, I’m recommending Anderson’s book. Why do I think freemium model can be…

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PLM Prompt: Open BPM tools.. Oh, Yes! It’s free! But where is PLM?

New week start. Interesting prompt related to free and open source software. Take a look on a quite impressive list of open/free BPM suites (thanks Process Cafe for links). Free BPM and Process Modeling Tools: BizAgi Process Modeler Questetra BPM Suite Tibco Business Studio Aris Express (soon to be released)…

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