Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 10, 2002 01:46 AM
You wrote for the nth time:
> 1) Write free stuff. > 2) ? > 3) Profit!
Now allow me to fill in that gap for you...
BUSINESS MODELS FOR LINUX USERS:
1) Use Free Software. 2) Avoid spending money on licenses, license management, forced upgrades, dealing with proprietary incompatibilities, etc. 3) Profit!
1) Customize Free Software for your business. 2) Save money by not having to start from scratch. 3) Profit!
1) Return your changes to be incorporated into the Free Software. 2) Save money by not having to maintain your own custom version. 3) Profit!
1) Build a product based on Free Software. 2) Save money on runtime licenses (e.g. Tivo). 3) Profit!
1) Your competitors are using Free Software. 2) You use it too, to keep your costs as low as theirs. 3) Save your business = Profit!
BUSINESS MODELS FOR LINUX DEVELOPERS:
1) Write Free Software. 2) Gain a reputation that gets you higher paying jobs or contracts. 3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software. 2) Use the increased compatibility and trust to sell more hardware (e.g. IBM). 3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software. 2) Sell add-ons, education, and support (e.g. Red Hat, Ximian). 3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software. 2) Give yourself a viable means for avoiding Microsoft sabotage (e.g. AOL, Mozilla). 3) Save your business = Profit!
1) Team up with others in your industry to write Free Software. 2) Save on development and maintenance costs. 3) Profit!
And now the other side...
BUSINESS MODELS FOR WINDOWS USERS:
1) Use Microsoft Software. 2) License fees keep going up, lock-in increases. 3) Bankruptcy!
1) Use Microsoft Software. 2) Microsoft enters your industry (e.g. banking, ticket sales, music sales), and modifies their software to sabotage you. 3) Bankruptcy!
BUSINESS MODELS FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPERS:
1) Write software for Windows. 2) Microsoft sabotages your product (e.g. WordPerfect, Java, Netscape), copies it, and "integrates" it into the OS. 3) Bankruptcy!
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Re:Don't forget the business-model!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 10, 2002 01:46 AM> 1) Write free stuff.
> 2) ?
> 3) Profit!
Now allow me to fill in that gap for you...
BUSINESS MODELS FOR LINUX USERS:
1) Use Free Software.
2) Avoid spending money on licenses, license management, forced upgrades, dealing with proprietary incompatibilities, etc.
3) Profit!
1) Customize Free Software for your business.
2) Save money by not having to start from scratch.
3) Profit!
1) Return your changes to be incorporated into the Free Software.
2) Save money by not having to maintain your own custom version.
3) Profit!
1) Build a product based on Free Software.
2) Save money on runtime licenses (e.g. Tivo).
3) Profit!
1) Your competitors are using Free Software.
2) You use it too, to keep your costs as low as theirs.
3) Save your business = Profit!
BUSINESS MODELS FOR LINUX DEVELOPERS:
1) Write Free Software.
2) Gain a reputation that gets you higher paying jobs or contracts.
3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software.
2) Use the increased compatibility and trust to sell more hardware (e.g. IBM).
3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software.
2) Sell add-ons, education, and support (e.g. Red Hat, Ximian).
3) Profit!
1) Write Free Software.
2) Give yourself a viable means for avoiding Microsoft sabotage (e.g. AOL, Mozilla).
3) Save your business = Profit!
1) Team up with others in your industry to write Free Software.
2) Save on development and maintenance costs.
3) Profit!
And now the other side...
BUSINESS MODELS FOR WINDOWS USERS:
1) Use Microsoft Software.
2) License fees keep going up, lock-in increases.
3) Bankruptcy!
1) Use Microsoft Software.
2) Microsoft enters your industry (e.g. banking, ticket sales, music sales), and modifies their software to sabotage you.
3) Bankruptcy!
BUSINESS MODELS FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPERS:
1) Write software for Windows.
2) Microsoft sabotages your product (e.g. WordPerfect, Java, Netscape), copies it, and "integrates" it into the OS.
3) Bankruptcy!
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