In this section you can read Alledia blog posts about business issues.
… or "why Open Source is like WalMart": "The nation has two kinds of retailers these days: those bracing for a grim holiday season, and Wal-Mart … We know that Mom’s not going to cancel Christmas. We’re committed to cutting…
Hitting the wall: “In endurance sports, particularly cycling and running, hitting the wall describes the condition when an athlete suddenly loses energy“. (via Wikipedia) Hitting the open source wall: “In building a project, particularly when giving it away free, hitting…
Last week, I discussed Acquia which provides managed commercial grade support for Drupal sites. This week, I’m going to talk about some companies that don’t quite have $7 million in their back pocket, but are creating new support and hosting…
I try to avoid quoting other people’s opinions and articles on this blog, but over the weekend I found a newspaper article about the interaction of search engines and the stock market that was absolutely fascinating. It also seems like…
Recently we’ve had to deal with a problem that faces a lot of popular sites … people have started ripping off our content, business model and even our slogan. Here’s a few ideas for dealing with this situation if and…
Note: Please be aware that this post contains some disturbing quotes to make its point. What on earth is wrong with the Washington Post. The Washington Post is one of the oldest newspapers in the U.S. and one of the…
We’ve posted a few times about Group Jive, the only component available for Joomla that allows site members to create their own social networking groups. I’ve called it a vital extension if Joomla hopes to compete as a social networking…
“Does putting yourself in a position where someone else can turn off all your income just by saying two words (?You?re fired?) sound like a safe and secure situation to you? Does having only one income stream honestly sound more…
A big congratulations today to one of our former clients. We mentioned Bleacher Report back in 2006 when we explained how we helped them get accepted to Google News. They have a very smart business model that we’ve seen several…
Last year we made a post we made last year talking about how large some Joomla companies were in terms of staff. Is it possible to get any more precise details on how well some sites are doing? Yes, some…