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:Mad Penguin: Quest for the Non-Evil Open Source Business Model
Mad Penguin: Quest for the Non-Evil Open Source Business Model
Mar 9, 2007, 00 :15 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (9157 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

[ Thanks to Matt D. for this link. ]

"I'm sure that I have spoke of open source business models in the past--both from the user and corporate point-of-view. However, the one thing that I don't believe has been fully explored is whether there is a viable way to monetize one’s efforts, and do so in such a way that your offerings remain accessible to all.

"I do not care which OS you are running, if you wish to keep it secure and value the time spent to do so, then you had better be using broadband Internet. Think I'm nuts? Consider this: if you are running SUSE, Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution, does it not seem likely that downloading all of the patches released at once would be near impossible on a shaky dial-up connection? I suspect so. Now read this and imprint this into your minds..."

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ComputerWorld: Has Open-Source Lost Its Halo?(Feb 16, 2007)
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Enterprise Open Source Magazine: Balancing Open Source and Commerce(Oct 22, 2006)



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