Not to feed the fire - but I would be interested to hear about open source projects that arn't free. It's pretty hard to charge for something you legally have to provide the source for...
Some try with subscriptions, but citing Sveasoft I'd suggest that model is both unacceptable (IMHO) and unsuccessful. The successful companies based on open source projects (like Digium, Redhat) tend to combine consulting, hardware or other services/items which have a value (increased value?) because of the open source product. On another level, it often provides value to its authors which is an answer to the earlier asked question about why offer profit creating items for free - Areski (of the AreskiCC fame) is an excelent example - I'm sure he could find a job consulting/developing for Asterisk with many companies.... On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:40:07 -0500, Andrew Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PHP and FPDF.org would be a quick fix. > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:47:37 -0600, Christopher Snell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:53:03 +1000, Rod Bacon > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What I would like to know is has anyone found an open-source billing > > > platform that performs basic billing functionality (pre/post) from > > > RADIUS and/or Asterisk CDR and is written (well-written) in either PHP > > > or PERL. > > > > What features and functionality is needed for such a system? I've > > been thinking about using Perl to write LaTeX source files, which can > > then be compiled into pretty PostScript and PDF paper bills or plain > > text that can be sent out by e-mail. > > > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > -- > Andrew Latham > > http://www.lathama.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If any of the above are not working we have > bigger problems than my email. > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
