I have been in the open source arena for a number for years now in which investors come and go - some even successful based on the business plan and innovation. In my opinion the only way this kind of investment idea to make it a viable business is to fork the the project, re-brand it, and continue a development path by taking the kinks out and adding commercial viability.
Some good examples of such a business model step from companies like Apple, Novell, UML Vendors, etc. who have re-branded themselves, and also manage two brands of the software fork - commercial and open source - taking what is good from open source fork and implementing it in the commercial product. The reason for advocating and requesting for business plans may have to do with who is more creative to make a viable business out of this venure - so soliciting business plans by venture capitalists is like competition of the business minds out here. Just my 2 cents here :-) Shaffin. On 12/09/2010 08:44 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote: >> I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a >> venture >> could effect our beloved software. >> > My comment? > > An unknown entity using an unrevealing email address makes a vague offer > on an open mail list to finance someone to create a company to do > something, provided the someone does all the work developing a viable > business plan. Sorry, but I don't believe in the tooth fairy. > > I may be an incorrigible skeptic, but doesn't it seem reasonable to > think anyone serious about forming a "Red Hat of CNC" would directly > approach the core EMC2 developers instead of floating a proposal that > has all the earmarks of a phishing expedition? > > Just my 2 cents worth. > > Regards, > Kent > > PS - perusal of the EMC2 mail list archives will turn up a number of > past conversations about the possibility of commercial support of EMC2 > which I feel no need to rehash. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
