http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/ Dirk Riehle's blog about everything computer science, applied and more Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4396 Twitted by arisbourg Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:15:05 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4396 [...] This post was Twitted by arisbourg [...] [...] This post was Twitted by arisbourg [...]

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4395 All Open Source Software is Commercial Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:56:54 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4395 [...] Barroca after reading Dirk Riehle’s slides about “The Commercial Open Source Business Model” wrote an inspiring blog post, receiving a number of interesting feedback from the business open [...] [...] Barroca after reading Dirk Riehle’s slides about “The Commercial Open Source Business Model” wrote an inspiring blog post, receiving a number of interesting feedback from the business open [...]

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4388 Evan Prodromou (evan) 's status on Wednesday, 19-Aug-09 14:47:19 UTC - Identi.ca Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:19:25 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4388 [...] http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/ [...] [...] http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/ [...]

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4385 Glenn Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:52:17 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4385 I agree with @Kendall. Because we are talking open source, there is nothing to stop third parties from offering customization, installation, and maintenance services for well known open source platforms. We have noticed a definite increase in clients asking for open source solutions, particularly in the corproate web site and enterprise collaborative portal areas. I have recently blogged about this over at http://www.dynamicalsoftware.com/open/source/corporate/site but I believe it is because the recession has driven key decision makers to look beyond their own prejudices in order to find greater value from their IT dollar. I agree with @Kendall. Because we are talking open source, there is nothing to stop third parties from offering customization, installation, and maintenance services for well known open source platforms. We have noticed a definite increase in clients asking for open source solutions, particularly in the corproate web site and enterprise collaborative portal areas. I have recently blogged about this over at http://www.dynamicalsoftware.com/open/source/corporate/site but I believe it is because the recession has driven key decision makers to look beyond their own prejudices in order to find greater value from their IT dollar.

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4382 Links 14/08/2009: New Unbundling Fight in Denmark, Sneak Peek at Firefox 3.6 (Alpha) | Boycott Novell Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:00:03 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4382 [...] Talk Slides: The Commercial Open Source Business Model [...] [...] Talk Slides: The Commercial Open Source Business Model [...]

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4381 451 CAOS Links (caostheory) 's status on Monday, 10-Aug-09 08:56:10 UTC - Identi.ca Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:27:56 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4381 [...] http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/ [...] [...] http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/ [...]

]]> http://dirkriehle.com/2009/08/07/talk-slides-the-commercial-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4378 Kendall Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:21:10 +0000 http://dirkriehle.com/?p=1185#comment-4378 I have two v. small quibbles -- well, distinctions, really -- to make. First, company doesn't have to have *sole* relicensing rights, since they may include some code that they don't even own in their product, as long as that code is very liberally licensed. (And, of course, that code should ideally be replaceable at a lower cost for company that the total cost of anyone else reimplementing their entire product.) And, second, slides assume that community is technically able (as in MySQL case) to contribute code, which makes rights hand-over primary issue. But in some cases, community can use but not really contribute to the core, since product may be in an R&D space, for example. Otherwise, these slides are excellent. I have two v. small quibbles — well, distinctions, really — to make. First, company doesn’t have to have *sole* relicensing rights, since they may include some code that they don’t even own in their product, as long as that code is very liberally licensed. (And, of course, that code should ideally be replaceable at a lower cost for company that the total cost of anyone else reimplementing their entire product.) And, second, slides assume that community is technically able (as in MySQL case) to contribute code, which makes rights hand-over primary issue. But in some cases, community can use but not really contribute to the core, since product may be in an R&D space, for example. Otherwise, these slides are excellent.

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