eZ Open Funding
Friday 09 June 2006 1:31:00 am
In this article, Vidar Top, VP Sales & Marketing at eZ Systems, explains how eZ Systems is moving Enterprise and Open Source closer together by providing an online infrastructure for the joint funding of Open Source projects.
eZ Systems lives by the philosophy of "openness" However, we recognize that opening up is a continual process. We know that there are still many parts of the business that are closed, but that could benefit from the openness and cooperation that are the operating principles of other aspects of our business.
One step in the ongoing path to an ever more open eZ ecosystem (consisting of partner companies, the community and eZ Systems employees) will be implemented this summer, when eZ Systems creates the eZ Open Funding infrastructure. This will enable the whole eZ ecosystem to discuss, evaluate and collaborate in creating new functionality for eZ Systems' software products. This implementation is in many ways the embodiment of our core values and philosophy: "Open - Share - Innovate.