Fenix Blog (2010 / April)

Fear and loathing in Social Media – Tips to help your organization overcome the initial fear social media

April 27th, 2010

I'm amazed that we're still hearing about a lot of fear in organizations when we talk to them about social media. It's not uncommon to hear from an internal communicator that they're facing some resistance from management and can't do everything they would want to. A lot of that fear comes from not seeing the value in the channel, fear of losing control of the corporate message and not knowing what to do with feedback once they get it.

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Microsoft No Longer a Barrier to Using Open Source Web Apps

April 26th, 2010

When people think of open source, the things that immediately come to mind are products and tools that many consider to be polar opposites of Microsoft offerings:

  • Firefox vs Internet Explorer
  • Linux vs Windows
  • Apache vs IIS
  • PHP vs ASP.NET
  • MySQL vs MS SQL
  • Open Office vs Microsoft Office
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