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blogs.zdnet.com - 12/30/2008

Open source business models must be voluntary | Open Source

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December 25th, 2008 Open source business models must be voluntary Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 10:12 am Categories: General , Development , Strategy , FOSS , management , business models , 2009 Preview Tags: Entrepreneur , Business Model , Kibble , Entrepreneurship , Strategy , Open Source , ...

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sourcelabs.com - 1/3/2009

Technology for Better Open Source Support

— sourcelabs.com — SourceLabs Support Suite for Linux & Open Source Java helps you Discover, Identify and Solve faults, crashes,... defects and other key system issues. The Support Suite for Linux & Open Source Java makes life easier for Systems Administrators, IT ... (more) Technology for Better Open Source Support

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news.cnet.com - 12/25/2008

Open source becomes paid software in 2009 | Business Tech - CNET News

— news.cnet.com — One of the biggest misconceptions in software is that open source equals free. The early commercial open-source... vendors like MySQL and JBoss were able to build decent businesses on top of a license/support-only business model, but over time we've ... (more) Open source becomes paid software in 2009 | Business ...

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news.cnet.com - 12/30/2008

Open source in 2008: Everything but interest up

— news.cnet.com — While 2008 has been a bleak year for the financial markets and the global economy, it has... been very kind to open source, at least based on market share. A review of Net Applications data suggests that there has never been a better time for open ... (more) Open source in 2008: Everything but interest up

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Waiting for the Next Generation of Open Source Business Models
OStatic blogs — ... Dana Blankenhorn argues that open source business models must be voluntary. "Proprietary models are all compulsory. You want the PC, you buy the Microsoft license." Without a doubt, the way to build a sustainable monetization model for open source is to make users want to pay for what they perceive to be valuable. Red Hat has proven that it can do well with a model where code is free, but customers choose to pay for support and services. Other open source projects offer a free, open source solution but build extra functionality into fee-based variants. This has proven ...

Waiting for the Next Generation of Open Source Business Models [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Dana Blankenhorn argues that open source business models must be voluntary. "Proprietary models are all compulsory. You want the PC, you buy the Microsoft license." Without a doubt, the way to build a sustainable monetization model for open source is to make users want to pay for what they perceive to be valuable. Red Hat has proven that it can do well with a model where code is free, but customers choose to pay for support and services. Other open source projects offer a free, open source solution but build extra functionality into fee-based ...

Buyouts and Mergers to Proliferate in 2009
OStatic blogs — ... Today there are quite a lot of lists of predictions for 2009 appearing. This list of 10 predictions for Linux has some ideas that I agree with, including bright futures for embedded Linux, virtualization, Linux-based gadgets and more. (I'm not so sure Linux-based game consoles have a bright future.) It's the first prediction on the list, though, that I think will have a big impact on open source next year: More buyouts and mergers. We are in a business environment right now where people are lulled into believing that very abnormal things are normal. The unwinding of this ...

Buyouts and Mergers to Proliferate in 2009 [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Today there are quite a lot of lists of predictions for 2009 appearing. This list of 10 predictions for Linux has some ideas that I agree with, including bright futures for embedded Linux, virtualization, Linux-based gadgets and more. (I'm not so sure Linux-based game consoles have a bright future.) It's the first prediction on the list, though, that I think will have a big impact on open source next year: More buyouts and mergers. We are in a business environment right now where people are lulled into believing that very abnormal things are ...