Linked by Andrew Hudson on Tue 28th Feb 2006 09:55 UTC
After many years of slow and steady growth, open source software (OSS) has begun to make an impact on corporate culture. Online forums abound with discussions about how open source projects are changing the way businesses use software. Venture capital companies now look for open source projects to invest in and larger IT companies like IBM and Sun Microsystems are turning to open source to gain a competitive edge. OSS is a fast-growing influence and yet the topic of how business affects OSS companies has been rarely studied.
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2006-03-01
This was a good read. It indicates that the 'give the software away, sell the support' model of OSS is not profitable. This has also been my finding with other OSS companies that I've dealt with.