By bloid
via colmsmyth.blogspot.com
Published: Jan 27 2008 / 06:30
Most software developers have little interest in entrepreneurship, but an open-source software project will survive and thrive only by delivering value into a market (users) with business partners (contributors) and against competitors (other open and closed source software). If you want to run a successful open-source project, it helps if you consider the key questions that apply when defining a commercial business model. I'll expand on Chesbrough's and Rosenbloom's list of 6 themes to demonstrate why.
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dzonelurker replied ago:
Follow this advice if you want your OS project to fail.
colmsmyth replied ago:
dzonelurker, you're clearly got opinions (mainly negative) but you rarely justify your votes. Share and enjoy.
colmsmyth replied ago:
Some interesting follow-ups at http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-01-27-003-26-OS-BZ-CY
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