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My partner, Steve Mulaik, has been working for several years compiling a master list of all of the functions that might be included in a Warehouse Management System. He figured that a tool like this would provide a substantial competitive advantage in developing WMS requirements for clients. Last month, he decided to offer it free to anyone who could use it.
This raises an interesting question of whether intellectual property is most valuable when it is protected, or when it is shared.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James M. Apple, Jr. is a Director in The Progress Group. Prior to co-founding The Progress Group in 1991, he was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand's SysteCon division. During 1992-1995 he served as a Senior Systems Advisor with Vanderlande Industries, a major conveyor and systems provider in Europe.
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