osOpinion: The Sun rises: zero cost commercial software as a business model | Linux Today

osOpinion: The Sun rises: zero cost commercial software as a business model

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 14, 2000

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“Sun has hit on a compelling business strategy when it bought
Star Division and decided to give customers choice with respect to
Star Office: give it away free or for a price get it on CD with
some additional documentation.”

How compelling is Sun’s business model? Enough to convince
Suite602 to give away its suite free of charge for commercial and
on-commercial use while you pay for the add ons.
Power desk
offers a similar choice: download a free edition or for a nominal
price get the deluxe edition on CD.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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