Comments on: Innovative Software Business Models http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-489 Anonymous Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:57:27 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-489 Excellent article, thanks Making revenues from free & open source software is one of the most frequently asked questions these days. While there have been a few successful examples of companies (like MySQL, Red Hat etc) which are making money, I’d surmise that these are still very early days for open source revenue & profit models. While open source as an operational paradigm certainly has been having exceptional success against proprietary and closed-software models in the recent past, in my opinion, a lot more thought need to be given and experimentations done before the emergence of viable revenue models for the free & open source models that can successfully compete with the current proprietary software revenue model. Some specifics of the business models are emerging fast, but it will take a few years for the market to test each of these out and hopefully, the fittest will survive. A site that focuses exclusively on <b><a href="http://www.follars.com" rel="nofollow">revenue models from open source is Follars.com</a></b> – Free, Open-source Dollars! Ec @ <a href="http://www.eit.in" rel="nofollow">IT, Software Database @ eIT.in</a> Excellent article, thanks

Making revenues from free & open source software is one of the most frequently asked questions these days. While there have been a few successful examples of companies (like MySQL, Red Hat etc) which are making money, I’d surmise that these are still very early days for open source revenue & profit models.

While open source as an operational paradigm certainly has been having exceptional success against proprietary and closed-software models in the recent past, in my opinion, a lot more thought need to be given and experimentations done before the emergence of viable revenue models for the free & open source models that can successfully compete with the current proprietary software revenue model. Some specifics of the business models are emerging fast, but it will take a few years for the market to test each of these out and hopefully, the fittest will survive.

A site that focuses exclusively on revenue models from open source is Follars.com – Free, Open-source Dollars!

Ec @ IT, Software Database @ eIT.in

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-488 Anonymous Mon, 15 May 2006 19:55:17 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-488 You're right about open source being a development model and not the business model a lot of people seem to be confusing it for. Creativity and innovation is the key in discovering new business models, and a lot of things are being tried out. <a href="http://decisionstudio.com" rel="nofollow">We </a>are an analytics consulting and services firm that helps clients deliver on BI using open source tools. We also created <a href="http://decisionstudio.com/product" rel="nofollow">DecisionStudio-Professional</a> - a comprehensive open source (GPL) desktop BI Platform. Our <a href="http://opensourceanalytics.com" rel="nofollow">Open Source Analytics blog</a> provides good articles, case studies, best practices, hands-on content and also fills up information gaps on the internet. In that sense we are reaching out at multiple levels in the product-service spectrum. I'd think that the successful open source business models would depend upon demonstrating quantifiable benefits by focusing on the customer instead of things like IP socialism, ideology or evangelism. You’re right about open source being a development model and not the business model a lot of people seem to be confusing it for. Creativity and innovation is the key in discovering new business models, and a lot of things are being tried out.

We are an analytics consulting and services firm that helps clients deliver on BI using open source tools. We also created DecisionStudio-Professional – a comprehensive open source (GPL) desktop BI Platform. Our Open Source Analytics blog provides good articles, case studies, best practices, hands-on content and also fills up information gaps on the internet. In that sense we are reaching out at multiple levels in the product-service spectrum.

I’d think that the successful open source business models would depend upon demonstrating quantifiable benefits by focusing on the customer instead of things like IP socialism, ideology or evangelism.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-487 Anonymous Thu, 11 May 2006 00:34:44 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/05/10/innovative-software-business-models/#comment-487 Very interesting thought process. We are not offering an open source product, yet what you said can be used to add further competitive advantage. Our initial launch will not have all the bells and whistles. But if one or two customers require certain feature, could we get them to pay for the cost! How much these added features will help the project sponsors in terms of reducing their operating costs (plus other tangible and intangible benefits), or could they finance on terms - perhaps treat it as term loan....Will review this in near future Very interesting thought process. We are not offering an open source product, yet what you said can be used to add further competitive advantage. Our initial launch will not have all the bells and whistles. But if one or two customers require certain feature, could we get them to pay for the cost! How much these added features will help the project sponsors in terms of reducing their operating costs (plus other tangible and intangible benefits), or could they finance on terms – perhaps treat it as term loan….Will review this in near future

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