Report Nine: Open Source Is Not a Business Model How do vendors make money from free and open source software (FOSS)? The question is as old as FOSS itself, but over time it has shifted from a theoretical question — “How is it possible to generate revenue from something that is free?” — to a […]
Continue ReadingWhy the Linux World is Geeky
CC BY-NC-SA occ4m I am sitting in a class room on my holiday and getting taught about LPI1. Most of the time we read man pages. And there you see how crazy software engineers are. Little example? man date %p – locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known %P – like […]
Continue ReadingWeb 2.0 and Open Source in Startups – A Sun Event
As promised last week this is a short review of the Sun Microsystem’s Event about “Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups”. First: This event was more for founders and managers than for developers. And you could clearly see this. Most came with a shirt or suite. Neither Mathias, Christian nor me had a t-shirt […]
Continue ReadingEvent Preview: Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups
Sun Microsystems invites to their new event about Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups. Today they have sent out the agenda for next Thursday, June 19th and it looks pretty interesting: What does Web 2.0 mean to Sun and why do we care? Manuel Jaffrin, EMEA Business Development Manager Web 2.0/Internet Industry Practice Sun […]
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