Companies that successfully integrate traditional photo products and services with the new capabilities of the Internet and other technologies stand to build a defensible market position in the new network economy. The gift economy. The cathedral and the bazaar. The source code of the resulting OSS programs is open to the programming community for further improvement and development, a stark contrast to the highly proprietary source code that characterizes most commercially available software. This study identifies the unique conditions that have allowed the OSS model to emerge and speculates about how some tenets of the movement can be helpful in developing innovative business and management strategies for all kinds of businesses.
Wild cards are ideas and events well off the current trend lines in the business environment.
This report is the fifth of eight reports focusing on specific areas of business opportunity in intelligent transportation systems. Personal Safety and Security specifically discusses personal safety and security, along with emergency services, as an emerging area of intelligent transportation systems. Us Copyright 2001 SRI Consulting Business Intelligence.