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Making money on open source
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| The market will rise this morning, writes Erik Sherman over at BNET, because
| IBM is reporting strong earnings.
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| So much for our little talk about making money on open source.
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| IBM has used Linux to unify its product lines, it has used open source to
| deliver services, and it has continued to get top dollar for the time of its
| people despite their using open source tools.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2979
High volume is key for open source
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| One of the things that's key in open source: It's all about the volume, baby.
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| The other side of the coin is that volume is also key for open source
| vendors. Why? Because most users of open source will never pay! And those
| that do pay are often paying 90 percent less than closed source solutions. So
| it's got to be a high-volume model to work. In a down economy, open source
| has more appeal than ever, so I think volume will continue to increase for
| open source, making the model even stronger over time.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/10/highvolume_lowt.html
Recent:
Microsoft's Market Cap Falls $24B in 17 Days
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| Microsoft is on the list. Today, the stock closed at $25.01 a share, down
| $2.39, or 8.72 percent.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsofts_market_cap_falls_24b_in_two_weeks.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Microsoft calls on Congress to reconsider bailout
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| Following the massive Wall Street sell-off, Microsoft on Monday called on
| Congress to revisit its bailout decision, saying government action
| is "vitally important."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10053774-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Ballmer: Congress must 'stabilize' financial crisis
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10054252-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Ballmer says Microsoft not immune from global crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/bs_nm/us_microsoft_ballmer;_ylt=Au5VO.rh_OuPGHCBr9O.m4K573QA
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
Ex-Microsoft boss sentenced
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/371393_msftcourt19.html
Former Microsoft Manager Gets 2 Years In Jail
http://news.portalit.net/fullnews_former-microsoft-manager-gets-2-years-in-jail_1427.html
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