Categorizing OSS Customers

“I’ve been thinking about this statement from Sun/MySQL’s Marten
Mickos:

“‘There’s a difference between organizations that have more time
than money and organizations that have more money than time.’

“I [am] coming to realize that OSS users split into three, not
two, categories:

• “A] An organization that has more time than money
• “B] An organization that has more money than time but is used
  to getting what they need for free and is comfortable enough with
  OSS to rely on their own skills
• “C] An organization that has more money than time…

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