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Victor Drover commented on Amy Stephen's blog post Joomla Drama: JCM, Censorship, Bans, nooku, and Hope for LeadershipVictor Drover commented on Amy Stephen's blog post Joomla Drama: JCM, Censorship, Bans, nooku, and Hope for Leadership" Having spent some decades in Academia, I have dealt with journal editors. Since academic pursuits such as the publication of scientific results shares many principles with FOSS, I wonder if my experiences in that field are relevant. Academic…"
Victor Drover commented on SWEUP's blog post Adding virtual currency to the Joomla community"What would people but with their Joomla gold? What would set the value?"
Victor Drover commented on JoomlaBlogger, Kristoffer S.'s blog post What's going on with Virtuemart?"lol. You had me interested there for a second. :)"
Victor Drover commented on JoomlaBlogger, Kristoffer S.'s blog post What's going on with Virtuemart?"Thanks Kris. I actually received an email newsletter with the announcement of 1.5 beta a few days back. However, as an extension developer that supports Virtuemart (sh404SEF), it would be great if VM got up to speed. RedShop for example is very…"
Victor Drover commented on Andrew J Holden's blog post New! - Joomla! Tips & Tricks at CartaNova's "Code Labs""Looking forward to it."
Victor Drover commented on Victor Drover's blog post On the economics of Joomla! - ACTION REQUIRED"Research Background: A Business Model of a company describes how a company creates, delivers and captures value, the value being perceived differently by different parties. While on the one hand, the organization tries to capture value through…"
Victor Drover posted a blog postOn the economics of Joomla! - ACTION REQUIRED
At the J and Beyond 2010 conference in Weisbaden, DE, I had the pleasureto meet and chat with Aarti Mahajan, a graduate student in Innovation& Entrepreneurship Management Department at the Ghent University inBelgium.Aarti’s doctoral research is aimed at revealing theentrepreneurship and revenue generation opportunities within the Joomla!ecosystem.To obtain the appropriate data for her research,Aarti has prepared two surveys aimed at Joomla! extension developers andservice providers. Each…See More
Victor Drover commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"I hope you all voted."
Ewout Wierda commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"It is a pity that some of the things that are most useful in deciding on the basis of reviews are filtered out of the reviewing process. Here are some things not allowed (in italics), with my take on how they could be useful:
- Feature requests.…"
"Interesting discussion on comment moderation and JED."
Ewout Wierda commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"That would be nice but it has a completely proprietary licence :("
Ewout Wierda commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"Yes, thanks, I know it and use it. It's the best light weight solution available, but I'd like it so much better if it didn't require playing with xml and template files and allowed me to just fill in the labels of the extra fields I…"
Robert Vining commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"Ewout, I can't say what's missing from the JED, but I know UserMeta is already in the Joomla Code repository and does what you are asking.
Here's an overview of what it…"
Ewout Wierda commented on Victor Drover's blog post How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?"Leo, you can now compare JomSocial with another competitor, commercial but GPL: JSocialSuite.
It gave me another idea. What I'd like much more than yet another social networking extension is something that will easily allow me to add custom…"
Victor Drover commented on Marius van Rijnsoever's blog post SMF community under siege"Thanks for the update Ortiso. Good luck with the new framework."
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On the economics of Joomla! - ACTION REQUIRED
At the J and Beyond 2010 conference in Weisbaden, DE, I had the pleasure
to meet and chat with Aarti Mahajan, a graduate student in Innovation
& Entrepreneurship Management Department at the Ghent University in
Belgium.
Aarti’s doctoral research is aimed at revealing the entrepreneurship and revenue generation opportunities within the Joomla!
ecosystem.
To obtain the appropriate data for her research, Aarti has prepared two surveys aimed at Joomla!… Continue
to meet and chat with Aarti Mahajan, a graduate student in Innovation
& Entrepreneurship Management Department at the Ghent University in
Belgium.
Aarti’s doctoral research is aimed at revealing the entrepreneurship and revenue generation opportunities within the Joomla!
ecosystem.
To obtain the appropriate data for her research, Aarti has prepared two surveys aimed at Joomla!… Continue
Posted on August 7, 2010 at 11:07am — 1 Comment
How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?
At the January Joomla User Group meeting in Milwaukee, I gave a presentation entitled Selecting and evaluating extensions for Joomla. Of course we discussed at length the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) and its various advantages and disadvantages compared to other directories.
Completely independently,… Continue
Completely independently,… Continue
Posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:00pm — 100 Comments
Best-practices for subscription-based extension distribution (SBED)
Many, many Joomla extension developers (components, modules, plugins, templates and languages) distribute their products using a for-profit, subscription-based model (subscription-based extension distribution; SBED) whereby a download service is optionally mixed with support services.
The history of how this model became popularized is long and boring, but a number of successful code shops have arisen as a result.
Along way, these shops have tweaked the features of their… Continue
The history of how this model became popularized is long and boring, but a number of successful code shops have arisen as a result.
Along way, these shops have tweaked the features of their… Continue
Posted on February 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments
Can users demand a refund for a service?
This question appears to be matter of some contention in the Joomla world, and is maybe different around the world. I'd like to get some feedback on the matter from my peers (that's you!).
I can only speak for North America where refunds can be given for products or services.
Services can include anything from magazine/cable TV subscriptions, car repair, or a massage.
What about subscriptions to support services? My uncle once paid a monthly fee for IT support with… Continue
I can only speak for North America where refunds can be given for products or services.
Services can include anything from magazine/cable TV subscriptions, car repair, or a massage.
What about subscriptions to support services? My uncle once paid a monthly fee for IT support with… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2010 at 1:09pm — 29 Comments
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 10:52pm on February 10, 2010, Victor Drover said…
- I stand by our decision.
- At 10:04pm on February 10, 2010,
Amy Stephen said…
- Way to go, Victor. That was very respectable. Thank you, very much.
- At 9:26am on November 23, 2009, Victor Drover said…
- (bow)
ning needs emoticons
- At 9:22am on November 23, 2009,
- Welcome, Vic - thanks for joining in!
- At 9:22am on November 23, 2009, Victor Drover said…
- i thought it was pretty good for a cartoon :)
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