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:eWeek: Going Broke with Free Software
eWeek: Going Broke with Free Software
Jul 2, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (37 Talkback[s]) (11704 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"'Free software is not a good way to make money.'

"No, I'm not quoting an analyst with an ax to grind against free software. Nor am I citing a reporter who doesn't understand the first thing about open-source business models. I'm reporting what a major open-source developer told me recently..."

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A big HI to Nicholas Donovan, Gray Geek, ...   Finally I'm proved right   
SW
Jul 2, 2005, 01:24:28
 
Mr. Vaughan-Nichols you have it wrong.Th ...   No !   
GH
Jul 2, 2005, 02:01:27
 
 A big HI to Nicholas Donovan, Gray Geek ...   Re: Finally I'm proved right   
GreyGeek`
Jul 2, 2005, 02:12:15
 
BTW, don't forget to pay up for the  ...   Re: Finally I'm proved right   
GreyGeek
Jul 2, 2005, 02:26:00
 
I would like to add,that there is a lot  ...   Add...   
GH
Jul 2, 2005, 02:34:51
 
Free and open source software has a limi ...   FOSS is infrastructure   
alucinor
Jul 2, 2005, 04:18:41
 
Quanta Plus, and it's sister applica ...   I can relate - no serious project is without costs   
Eric Laffoon
Jul 2, 2005, 04:28:29
 
paid (or simply self inflicted) garbagem ...   garbage   
daniel
Jul 2, 2005, 04:53:57
 
> I ask too, how many Windows independen ...   Re: Add...   
daniel
Jul 2, 2005, 05:06:37
 
The title bites. I'm pretty sure Ste ...   New thing?   
scott_R
Jul 2, 2005, 06:45:31
 
Sorry I missed the tablets from heaven t ...   Re: Finally I'm proved right   
bilbo
Jul 2, 2005, 08:24:00
 
OSS comppanies should sell services inst ...   services   
ez-al
Jul 2, 2005, 08:46:47
 
What about this "Financing Volunteer Fre ...   Financing Volunteer Free Software Projects.   
johnny
Jul 2, 2005, 11:44:34
 
Hmmm... Robbins of Gentoo got a job with ...   Stephen Vaughan-Nicols   
SM
Jul 2, 2005, 11:55:30
 
Very true.  Your 'commoditization wa ...   Re: FOSS is infrastructure   
JDL
Jul 2, 2005, 12:36:39
 
Moreover:the pdf-documentation (on the o ...   Re: Re: Finally I'm proved right   
R.L.
Jul 2, 2005, 12:44:57
 
> Free and open source software has a li ...   Re: FOSS is infrastructure   
rifftide
Jul 2, 2005, 13:16:04
 
If you're an individual you shouldn& ...   You can make money with FOSS but not in developmen   
Gene Anthony
Jul 2, 2005, 13:23:01
 
One of the problems I see with trying to ...   Developers and $$$   
Dwight
Jul 2, 2005, 13:27:47
 
Every one of his examples shows the same ...   Not the best examples   
Larry Povirk
Jul 2, 2005, 13:37:04
 
Hi! How are ya! Oh I'm a consumer al ...   OK Hi!   
Nicholas Donovan
Jul 2, 2005, 13:38:36
 
The ONLY reason I visit LinuxToday is to ...   Who reads these idiotic articles ?   
Stuart
Jul 2, 2005, 13:42:26
 
> > I ask too, how many Windows independ ...   Re: Re: Add...   
GH
Jul 2, 2005, 13:42:33
 
It's nearly impossible to rely solel ...   this is not surprising   
wildpossum
Jul 2, 2005, 13:54:25
 
...No, I'm not quoting an analyst wi ...   Steven sells out to sensationalism.   
Brandioch Conner
Jul 2, 2005, 14:52:02
 
> One of the problems I see with trying  ...   Re: Developers and $$$   
GH
Jul 2, 2005, 15:09:03
 
> notice that Quasar requires at least o ...   Re: Re: Re: Finally I'm proved right--errata   
R.L.
Jul 2, 2005, 15:14:12
 
 Hmmm... Robbins of Gentoo got a job wit ...   Re: Stephen Vaughan-Nicols   
a.c.
Jul 2, 2005, 17:55:27
 
However, the turd in the punch bowl that ...   A primer for mushrooms...   
GreyGeek
Jul 2, 2005, 19:12:33
 
Robbins of Gentoo has met financial succ ...   not bad   
Tim Dion
Jul 2, 2005, 19:53:05
 
Actually, I'm not just citing Linux  ...   Re: Not the best examples   
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jul 3, 2005, 00:21:24
 
> 1st, lets be honest. This economy stil ...   Re: Re: Stephen Vaughan-Nicols.. Off topic questio   
Nicholas Donovan
Jul 3, 2005, 04:02:16
 
> Robbins of Gentoo has met financial su ...   Re: not bad   
blackhole
Jul 3, 2005, 05:27:35
 
I suggest to read this very interesting  ...   The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source.   
Andre Felipe Machado
Jul 3, 2005, 17:36:28
 
> I can speak from a Texas perspective i ...   Re: Re: Re: Stephen Vaughan-Nicols.. Off topic que   
a.c.
Jul 4, 2005, 05:10:24
 
> > I can speak from a Texas perspective ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Stephen Vaughan-Nicols.. Off topic   
Ken Jennings
Jul 4, 2005, 21:17:52
 
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/sho ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stephen Vaughan-Nicols.. Off t   
a.c.
Jul 5, 2005, 04:16:56
 
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