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Lou Heavner
[email protected] wrote:
> You have to pay for it. Hey, at least it has a business model that makes
> sense!
Some people just can't wrap their minds around the Open Source concept...
You don't *need* a business model for something to make sense. Witness gcc and apache - best of breed for what they do.
The reason is that collecting money for usage is so expensive - both tangibly and intangibly - that it turns out to be better overall not to.
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I would suggest that if there isn't some strategy for collecting some revenue, somewhere, somehow, then you are merely dabbling in a hobby. Not
that a hobby is a bad thing, but I'm guessing that most of the folks who would develop or use open source in automation are not financially
independent and expect to use their automation skills to put bread on the table. They may not need to collect revenue directly from the open source stuff, but they do need to have a plan or model for paying for the investment they make into it in terms of time and skill. I suspect most people are still trying to figure out how to justify something so non-traditional and counterintuitive. Perhaps some of the linux evangelists would be more effective if they clarify this new paradigm rather than just shoot down the old one. What honestly motivates you to contribute to open source?
Cheers!
Lou Heavner
(My personal opinion and not necessarily that of my employers or affiliates.)
> You have to pay for it. Hey, at least it has a business model that makes
> sense!
Some people just can't wrap their minds around the Open Source concept...
You don't *need* a business model for something to make sense. Witness gcc and apache - best of breed for what they do.
The reason is that collecting money for usage is so expensive - both tangibly and intangibly - that it turns out to be better overall not to.
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I would suggest that if there isn't some strategy for collecting some revenue, somewhere, somehow, then you are merely dabbling in a hobby. Not
that a hobby is a bad thing, but I'm guessing that most of the folks who would develop or use open source in automation are not financially
independent and expect to use their automation skills to put bread on the table. They may not need to collect revenue directly from the open source stuff, but they do need to have a plan or model for paying for the investment they make into it in terms of time and skill. I suspect most people are still trying to figure out how to justify something so non-traditional and counterintuitive. Perhaps some of the linux evangelists would be more effective if they clarify this new paradigm rather than just shoot down the old one. What honestly motivates you to contribute to open source?
Cheers!
Lou Heavner
(My personal opinion and not necessarily that of my employers or affiliates.)