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Launching a Linux Startup: No Funny Business
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| So, what's the best way to get entrepreneurs to build businesses around
| Linux? In everything I've ever read about businesses using Linux, the
| profit-generating opportunities have seemed sparse: subscriptions, donations
| or support.
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| Part of the reason I started an educational resource was because education
| looked like the low-hanging fruit -- everyone needs it, especially if moving
| the baseline is the goal. But to build a fertile environment for
| Linux/FOSS-oriented businesses, one must look beyond the technology itself
| and involve people who are looking for new ways of doing business and
| engaging one another.
|
| [...]
|
| It's particularly apparent during this time of deflation and recession that
| the opportunities for Linux and FOSS infrastructure development are
| plentiful. Converting people to Linux/FOSS is worthwhile and having more
| businesses and organizations using them will benefit users within and beyond
| the open source communities.
|
| It's generally more lucrative to lock people out and charge them for
| admission, but with software technology, we have reached the other side,
| where smaller software projects develop micro-targeted solutions and the
| concept of an average home computer user is replaced by a mosaic of usage
| attributes.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Launching-a-Linux-Startup-No-Funny-Business-66601.html
The Helios Project - Drive To The Future
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| The HeliOS Project is conducting our “Drive For The Future”. These little
| wonders are being collected so that with every computer we deliver, we will
| include a thumb drive with their system upon it. We can buy them in bulk or
| you can purchase one and send it to us if you care to participate in this
| drive. If you don’t particularly want to go out to purchase one, you can
| order one from newegg.com and have it shipped to our address. If you simply
| want to donate to our bulk order, you can do on the left column of our main
| page. Price per unit is $14.95. If you are donating for one thumb drive,
| please do not include any shipping costs as we get free shipping with our
| orders.
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http://www.heliosinitiative.org/blog/?p=90
Recent:
Penguins on parade
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| I don't always dress in a T-shirt and jeans. Sometimes people give me awards,
| and I dress like a penguin instead. Here's a shout-out for the computer
| history museum.
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http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2008/10/penguins-on-parade.html
Related:
Heroes of Linux and FOSS: Ken Starks, AKA Helios
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| This seems like a good time for a Ken Starks retrospective. This is the man
| who, despite some rather gnarly health problems churns out blog entries and
| interesting Linux projects by the truckload.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93551/index.html
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