101 Ways to Make Money off Open Source
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| # Sell the Reference Manual ( JBoss)
| # Sell a subscription of the documentation (CDN)
| # Sell the Installer (Out of the Box)
| # Sell Custom Software Development (CDN)
| # Sell Pre-Integrated Applications (JCorporate, RedHat ACS)
| # Sell "Enterprise" version. (WSAD, Sun Studio)
| # Sell Extensions (Instantiations, Embarcadero, SlickEdit )
| # Sell a Consumer Device (Tivo)
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http://www.manageability.org/blog/archive/20030611%23101_ways_to_make_money1/view
It's another myth that needs to be broken. More and more companies are
turning to Open Source because they realise it's a viable business and
development model. Even Microsoft is having an inner conflict.
Related:
5 Innovative Ways Open Source Can generate Money!
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| 1 - Leverage the community to provide commercial support
| 2 - Donation in the moment of Salvation
| 3 - Create merchandising
| 4 - Generate some Buzz
| 5 - Have high standards / Provide good Quality
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http://www.thinkingphp.org/2006/09/24/5-innovative-ways-open-source-can-generate-money/
http://tinyurl.com/zf57a
Car analogy:
Hybrid is also good for Open Source!
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| The Prius hybrid car is great news for our planet: As much as it can,
| it runs on electricity and is thereby a signatory of the Kyoto treaty.
| But never does it stop - if there is no electricity, it will run on
| regular fuel. That's a great car for serving both the planet and
| it inhabitants at the same time.
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http://www.citizenvalley.org/blocnotes/index.php?PHPSESSID=8a5a9070147e8681711c4b0e82664bd3
How to use open source as a power marketing tool
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| There are a number of ways traditional software vendors can participate
| in the open source software community. They circulate around open
| source licenses, such as the GNU General Public License (GPL), and
| how to leverage open source software as a marketing tool.
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| Traditional software vendors need to recognize the shift taking place
| is driven not only by successful open source projects, but also by the
| rapid and broad adoption of open source in the customer marketplace. The
| numbers behind open source adoption are compelling. Linux in both the
| United States and Asia is the fastest growing operating system ever. As
| measured by hostnames, Netcraft reports that the Internet has grown 26.1
| percent over the past 12 months, over 67 percent of it served up by open
| source Apache servers.
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http://management.itmanagersjournal.com/management/04/06/24/2057239.shtml
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