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Creating wealth with free software
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| The report identifies the value of these ‘open source’ products to be about
| 6% of the world market for software. Unfortunately, the Standish Group
| doesn’t believe in openly sharing its research, instead selling it for
| $1,000…
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| [...]
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| I have held for a long time that the free software ethos means that you
| should be making money out of what you are doing, not what you have done. If
| this research group can sell a piece of paper of $1,000, maybe we can make a
| bit of money out of consulting.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/community_posts/creating_wealth_free_software
http://tinyurl.com/3lsphz
"Consultants: These guys are your best bets as moderators. Get a well-known
consultant on your side early, but don’t let him publish anything blatantly
pro-Microsoft. Then, get him to propose himself to the conference organizers
as a moderator, whenever a panel opportunity comes up. Since he’s well-known,
but apparently independent, he’ll be accepted - one less thing for the
constantly-overworked conference organizer to worry about, right?"
-- Microsoft
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
The Maureen O'Gara shill < http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/PX04081.pdf > used
that 'study' to attack FOSS.
Related:
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy [in Microsoft-commissioned
study]
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| A recent IDC white paper on the economic impact of Microsoft's super
| soaraway new Vista operating system seems to be lacking one crucial
| ingredient -- other operating systems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
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