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Started this discussion. Last reply by Juha-Pekka Tolvanen May. 7, 2009.

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Michael Osmond replied to Peter Adriaenssens's discussion 'Free Software'

Hi, Rui has one good answer to this. You can if it provides value above and beyond free. I think there are two other cases you could consider: 1. You offer the tool for free and earn off some other added value - such as consultancy or useful conte…

March 1

Michael Osmond replied to Vlad VARNICA's discussion 'How to make MDD more agile ?'

In our experience the DSL (or MetaModel) must be able to change over time. The evolution of the software products built on the DSL require you to change it. Its how you deal with the incremental additions, the process you put around managing the cha…

December 4, 2009

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen replied to Michael Osmond's discussion 'Competitive Advantage'

The reason why most DSLs are not public is exactly the fit of activities as Michael described it. For the same reason we at MetaCase can only show screenshots of the languages created (as about 20 cases here: http://www.metacase.com/cases/dsm_exampl…

May 7, 2009

Vlad VARNICA replied to Michael Osmond's discussion 'Competitive Advantage'

Hi Michael, Concerning UML tools market we are certainly in an "Operating effectiveness". Each vendor is copying the good idea of the other one. I must admit that I have been paid by Omondo to do this job in the last 5 years and think it would have…

April 19, 2009

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Competitive Advantage

Does Model Driven Software Engineering result in a true “competitive advantage” for an organisation? From what I have read of things promoting MDD/MDA the answer is supposed to be “yes”. However….. Michael Porter in the article “What is Strategy” (…

April 19, 2009

Sean Kavanagh replied to Michael Osmond's discussion 'Competitive Advantage'

A very interesting observation. It highlights the fact that using MDD simply to make a specific project more efficient or better in some way is not an end in itself. MDD only becomes a strategic advantage when a whole software department (or organis…

April 19, 2009

Jorge Ubeda replied to Michael Osmond's discussion 'Competitive Advantage'

It depends on your focus, in my opinion. It´s important to make a difference if your business is Software Engineering, building tools or selling consultancy. If your business is outside and is looking for better ways for building your business appli…

April 19, 2009

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April 19, 2009

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My interest in Model Driven Software Development:

Configuration Management, Processes, Release Management, Install and Deployment

Key question: How do we apply MDD/Generation techniques to the confirguration management and process automation needed for software product lines etc? How do we make it easier?

My experience of Model Driven Software Development:

Built and manage the build and release processes for a Software Product line built on Model Driven Development.

Modelled and now generate the installer packages for our product delivery.

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At 8:54am on February 12, 2009, Neil Loughran said…: Sure Michael, shall we take this offline?

My email address can be found by typing in my name in google (I won't type it here in case a bot picks it up ;-) )

At 5:53pm on January 30, 2009, Mark Dalgarno said…: Hi,

You might also want to check out the recently launched Practical Product Lines network.

Mark