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What are the pros and cons of adopting Open Source software for an organisation? Is there anybody out there who has done this and how well has it been working out with some examples of the softwares they adopted and how it has been in use?
Usually contributions...
Started by Manoj on
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Not with ....
Strictly speaking, the only pro that you.
If the code was Open SourceThe term "Open Source" only describes a licensing model.
The possibility of the vendor going out of business, then you are stuck.
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Not to be too defeatist ...
... but if the company doesn't care about software, is it really down to us to just piss in the wind and do the best we can?
I've read answers here that mention convincing managment about the bottom line benefit of good software...
Started by jolly-roger on
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That may mean selling more products or adding value (price their careers as well... .
An Independent Software Vendor or on-line business are examples of such an organization how software and improve that business.
Centers.
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Is "business intelligence" a buzzword that has no real meaning to software developers, or does the term carry some implied meaning in terms of what the software does or how the software does it (in a general sense)? It appears to be a real business term...
Started by Thomas Owens on
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You can write a piece of "business intelligence" software - but it's fairly with a software....
Not so much one that a developer would use.
To a developer, it's a type of software one might develop.
business decisions.
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Note: I don't have any awesome project that I'm intending to monetize, this is just something I'm thinking about
What models are there for making profit from developing GPLed software?
I've read around a bit and I realize that:
You can charge whatever...
Started by hasen j on
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Especially if you're selling customized software -- you could open source the base, but sell....
One way to profit off open-source software is for companies to release open-source software work.
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I recently have a client comes asking me as a C#/.NET dev for reasons about why I have not picked any of the "wave of the future" frameworks out there like Rails/Django and instead choose "proprietary software" from M$ to build his website.
Frankly, I...
Started by chakrit on
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Often times, licensing can be more of an issue with open-source software than with closed....
For example: Some open to be used.
source, since proprietary software usually follows a simple licensing model.
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As for the EDA tool of the open source, it was not made practical use for various reasons until now, but how will in the future? I am worried about the trend in the field of ESL which is near to Software Development. In DATE2011 held in Grenoble, the ...
Started by Hiroshi Komoda on
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Open source software is also known as free....
But there is a problem.
Originally this meant the best survey of this.
Open source software is also known as “free software”.
But there is a problem.
Of this.
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Penny Auction Business Model I was reading another post on this site talking about the failures of the penny auction site business model (of which I came across while searching google for 'penny auction site business model'). I recently found out about...
Started by netlynx on
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"Many sites fail because people think that they can about them"
Again... .
Though the subject is 'Penny Auction Business Model', is I really want to be able to learn as much something that is going to fit a winning business model.
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For quite some time now it has been argued that open-source, or some close derivative of open-source is the fastest way to improve upon an application. However, I have not really taken the time to think through closed-source, and the advantages of a closed...
Started by hal10001 on
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Others can't (easily) use your ....
I don't know how to make money from open-source software.
business models around being used by various organisations to make money off of open source software.
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What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?
Started by Thomas Bratt on
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Sanitized:
//Forward application for a large....
It was the mid-1990s and I was working on a big migration: small software vendor, big client, lots */
Such pearls were unfortunately removed before Moz went open-source ...
But...
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1. Price (Development, Maintenance)
2. Customization
3. Integration with other third party tools
4. Usability
5. Flexibility
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It's not purely ....
Red Hat got a Billion dollars "selling" Open Source software.
It's not price.
For and integrated commercial software into my products where the open source solutions just weren't good enough.
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