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Draw me an open model, please – interview with Sophie Gautier & Laurent Séguin

Draw me an open model, please – interview with Sophie Gautier & Laurent Séguin

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. For this interview, Bastien GUERRY role-played The Little Prince*. In the role of Saint-Exupéry: Sophie GAUTIER (The Document Foundation, who is behind Libre Office) and Laurent SÉGUIN (Association of French-Speaking Free Software Users). Draw me a […]

“Free software is an irrepressible urge to transmit and share knowledge” – Interview with Jean-Paul Smets (Nexedi)

“Free software is an irrepressible urge to transmit and share knowledge” – Interview with Jean-Paul Smets (Nexedi)

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. Jean-Paul Smets, CEO of Nexedi, publisher of the free software ERP5, generates 90% of his business from export. Fifteen years ago, he co-authored a book whose title speaks for itself: « LOGICIELS LIBRES. Liberté, égalité, business […]

How can open source projects have a bigger impact?

How can open source projects have a bigger impact?

Disclaimer : This article was originally published in EIOM blog. There are many open model projects but most of them have difficulty spreading out. Between ideology and technical feasibility, how can they have a bigger impact? With eiom, we are trying to promote the “open” vision, in the energy industry, traditionally very closed. When you […]

“We have reached the limits of the Fordist model”

“We have reached the limits of the Fordist model”

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. Bernard Stiegler is a philosopher and evolution of technical systems theorist. He discovered open models almost by accident when he was Director of France’s National Audiovisual Institute (INA). Initiator and president of the philosophical think tank […]

Mapping the open models

Mapping the open models

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. The first conclusion of our work collecting data on open business models is that the « open beyond the open » does indeed exist, to quote Lionel Maurel, one of our contributors. Three areas can be identified: open […]

Crafting the business model – a key task for start-ups

Crafting the business model – a key task for start-ups

The sharing economy is ready to take over MRI machines, now that it has conquered bikes, cars and apartments.  Berlin-based medneo is offering physicians and hospitals clinical MRI images on a pay-by-case basis, letting them skip buying the expensive machines.  And it dramatically improves customer satisfaction by reducing the wait time for MRI scans from several weeks to few […]