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| schestowitz | :-D | Oct 10 00:59 |
| schestowitz | "The British are coming..." | Oct 10 00:59 |
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| schestowitz | Here is a good explanation: | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > Verily I say unto thee that il_marcello spake thusly: | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> Sorry if this is not the right forum to post this. | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> I'm expected to give a presentation on LMS tools next week, and as a | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> part of this presentation I should talk about Open Source software. I | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> did my homework and research, and being a long time linux user I've | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> been exposed to open source and I am familiar with its advantages. | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> I would, though, like to have your thoughts on how a business model | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | >> based on open source can be sustainable. | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > The same way as a business model based on any other commodity, of | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > course. | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > How do you make money with a hammer, or any other tool? | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > 1. You can manufacture them, then sell them to the trade industry | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > (property developers), or wholesalers (building merchants), or | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > retailers (hardware stores), or directly to the public (direct | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > sales). | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > 2. You can integrate them with other products (toolbox kits), by | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > arrangement with partner companies, such as other manufacturers, | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > wholesalers or retailers (channel sales). | Oct 10 01:59 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 3. You can sell other companies' products purely as a wholesaler or | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > retailer (reselling). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 4. You can provide repairs or training for those tools (support). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 5. And finally you can simply /use/ those tools to provide services | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > (e.g. carpentry). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > It's no different with Free Software. | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 1. You can develop Free Software, then sell it as part of a package | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > solution to enterprise customers (e.g. Red Hat's deal with NYSE | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > Euronext), or wholesalers (data centres offering GNU/Linux virtual | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > machines), or retailers (PCs running GNU/Linux), or directly to the | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > public (e.g. Elive, Mandriva Linux Powerpack, etc.). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 2. You can integrate Free Software with other products (e.g. routers, | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > Smart TVs, NASs, Set Top Boxes, etc.), then sell those products. | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 3. You can sell others' Free Software purely as a wholesaler or retailer | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > (e.g. GNU/Linux distros sold on Amazon and elsewhere). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 4. You can provide maintenance and training for Free Software (e.g. RHEL | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > support contract, and RHCE certification). | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > 5. And finally you can simply use Free Software to provide any sort of | Oct 10 02:00 |
| schestowitz | > service that requires software, e.g. (Google Adsense). | Oct 10 02:00 |
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| schestowitz | > We enjoyed the hilarity of "BRIDESMAIDS" so much watching it with you guys. | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > now we want to see it again, so I ordered it from the Broward Library. | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > I am number 1,146 on their list. I guess the word is out on how funny it is. | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > Luckily they have 300 copies so I might receive it before the end of the | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > year. | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 10 18:33 |
| schestowitz | > Mom is still laughing! | Oct 10 18:34 |
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