> Of course, a lot of the especially impressive stuff can all be done with > add-ons like simpleinvoices and vTiger and osticket and asterix any one of > hundreds of others -- but now they are paying per hour for me to setup and > configure all this stuff. It would be pretty cool if I could install them > fully supported with apt-get or an equivalent. What would a fully > integrated asterix installation look like?
That's exactly our business: we provide add-ons to consultants, they install with one click. Customers pay consultants to have services, consultants get products and support from us. It's a proven business model, working since 2003 for us. > Perhaps the basic SME server should be what it is, but a paid version gets > you a repository with amazing software preconfigured? The problem with this > idea though is that someone needs to invest the enormous time and effort up > front to develop something tempting enough. We already did this, the repository is growing fast, hundreds of consultants are using our packages. Probably I'm tacking too many things for granted, cultures differ, as you say, but I don't think that the business model described above, which works in Italy, couldn't work elsewhere. -- Ciao, Filippo _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
