[Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
- From: kapil@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kapil Hari Paranjape)
- Date: Wed Mar 25 22:11:04 2009
Hello,
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote:
Can anyone explain the economics of a typical FOSS based business...
Say for example, if we take a FOSS company like Mozilla, what is its exact
business model ?
Since Mozilla software is free to download, where does the company actually
making money ?
Here is an article that will help you to get more confused. :-) [*]
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3809221/Bruce-Perens-Is-Open-Source-Capitalist-or-Communist.htm
[*] As many great thinkers have said:
Great confusion precedes true understanding
Or put differently:
If you are never confused you will never reach nirvana
:-)
Regards,
Kapil.
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