It's the Platform Stupid, Revisited
Open Source Radioware is the latest Doc Searls rant on the Linux Journal about what an emerging platform that allows small to medium size radio stations (is there such a thing?) to do what their hardware/software budgets might not otherwise allow.
I have yet to find an open source legal platform that would allow the same thing, but if it is not currently "out there", it most assuredly is coming soon to a theater near you. These offerings have the potential of changing the rules of the game for small to medium size law firms. A low cost, high impact, legal computing platform could be quite disruptive, allowing smaller players to fish in ponds that they were previously excluded from. Given that traditionally, the larger the organization, the slower it adapts, significant "first mover" advantages might be there for the taking. Already competitively priced commercial offerings that rely heavily on open source technologies are starting to point the way in the knowledge management space.
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