Comments on: free software is profitable http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/ Fernando C Mendizabal Jr's insights, experiments and experiences about Management Information Systems topics, applied theories and best practices Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:46:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on free software is profitable by: Ealden http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-30 Tue, 09 May 2006 04:54:41 +0000 http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-30 Oops, I meant "People are profitting from Web 2.0 now" :-) Oops, I meant “People are profitting from Web 2.0 now” :-)

]]> Comment on free software is profitable by: Pipboy http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-29 Tue, 09 May 2006 04:29:19 +0000 http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-29 > web 2.0 well, with all the improvements in technologies that are allowing people to do more over the web, it's bound to create profit somewhere down the road. i'd watch the development of gaming consoles closely if i'd want to profit. the banking and merchandising sector of the web is getting quite saturated and non-friendly to new entrants. (lolz, five forces, anyone?) > web 2.0

well, with all the improvements in technologies that are allowing people to do more over the web, it’s bound to create profit somewhere down the road. i’d watch the development of gaming consoles closely if i’d want to profit. the banking and merchandising sector of the web is getting quite saturated and non-friendly to new entrants. (lolz, five forces, anyone?)

]]> Comment on free software is profitable by: Ealden http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-28 Mon, 08 May 2006 09:31:15 +0000 http://pipboy.paminta.com/2006/05/08/free-software-is-profitable/#comment-28 I think people are profitting from this Web 2.0 thing :-P Oh, and FOSS doesn't stop you from selling the software. The best thing about it is that it fosters a culture of collaboration (hopefully) and the turning of software into infrastructure technology (I'm trying to remember the Does IT Matter paper in vain). Spot on the Captain Hook software part. The cashcows are the big businesses that have contracts and whatnot. It's actually a great plan, which they pretty much balance between this familiarity with profit etc etc. I think people are profitting from this Web 2.0 thing :-P

Oh, and FOSS doesn’t stop you from selling the software. The best thing about it is that it fosters a culture of collaboration (hopefully) and the turning of software into infrastructure technology (I’m trying to remember the Does IT Matter paper in vain).

Spot on the Captain Hook software part. The cashcows are the big businesses that have contracts and whatnot. It’s actually a great plan, which they pretty much balance between this familiarity with profit etc etc.

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