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| DATE | 2015-06-03 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] making money with open source - John Walker
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Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> ths is a LONG time ago
And continuing to and through the present.
> The only time you sell software is when you are in a locked down
> situation with software that is too simple to be of consequense
> otherwise.
This will come as a shock to, among others, FSF, which sold GNU software
for ages.
> > Loss Leader: In this model, you give away open-source as a loss-leader
> > and market positioner for closed software. This is what Netscape is
> > doing.
> >
>
> That is not a Free Software market
It produces open source / free software, which will then persist
even when the company dies. See, for example, Netscape Communications.
> > Widget Frosting: In this model, a hardware company (for which software
> > is a necessary adjunct but strictly a cost rather than profit center)
> > goes open-source in order to get better drivers and interface tools
> > cheaper. Silicon Graphics, for example, supports and ships Samba.
>
> This is ALSO not a Free Software business model... PS SI is dead
Yes, it most certainly is. Read it again until you understand it.
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