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| DATE | 2015-06-02 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] making money with open source - John Walker
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On 06/02/2015 05:35 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
>
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/2927573/open-source-software/red-hat-ceo-heres-how-you-can-foster-an-open-organization.html
I haven't read muh on, OK - here is how we make money as a Free Software
based business, and frankly, I disagree with much of what he wrote. I
was hoping it would cause a conversation because trying to make money is
on the TOP of the NYLXS agenda.
Ruben
> Let's see:
>
>> INFOWORLD TECH WATCH
>> By Matt Asay
> ^^^^^^^^^
>
> Well, that name's an incredibly bad sign. I would not recommend
> trusting what that man says.
>
> ...
>
> Progress report: I'm halfway through the article, and have encountered
> nothing but platitudes.
>
> 'Projects... naturally emerge.... You make projects small enough that
> they're not bet-the-company sort of endeavors.'
>
> Wow, like, pilot projects. Gosh, who'd have thought?
>
> "There's a mix of top-down and bottom-up," he stresses.
>
> Both of two opposites! How novel.
>
> '[T]hermostats are recognized leaders within an organization, even if
> they don't carry a VP title.... Red Hat has found ways to promote
> these thermostats without having to give them titles they may not want
> or may be ill-suited for their abilities.'
>
> One notes the absence of examples.
>
> And another five or so paragraphs of platitudes, et finis.
>
>
> What exactly about this article recommended it to you, Ruben?
>
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