A new direction for open source
Software vendors consider switch to fee-based model
,----[ Quote ]
| Tenable officials said Nessus 3.0 would still be free to users, but
| the company would begin selling technical support contracts and would
| charge other firms that want to use the newest version of code in their
| products or services.
|
| [...]
|
| The OpenBSD Project develops software for the OpenBSD operating system,
| which runs in every federal agency and on every Linux- and Unix-based
| computer worldwide. The group also develops OpenSSH, the most common
| application for encrypting Internet traffic.
|
| OpenBSD Project developers want about $100,000 a year so they can focus
| on the software without worrying about money, said Theo de Raadt, the
| group's leader. He estimates that the project has saved software companies
| as much as $1 billion in development costs.
`----
http://www.fcw.com/article95251-07-17-06-Print
|
|
