Well explained Nootan bro. +1
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 12:15 AM, cipher <[email protected]> wrote: > The first point: You know as an end user, FOSS rocks and you would want > FOSS! Then you may have surely guessed why developing OSS widens your > market! > > Suppose I have an company that has its own product. Now, Why would I open > source it? The main question i feel that a corporate cannot answer to > himself is: How is it gonna benefit me if i give away all the efforts of my > employees for free? > > *Licenses* > > I think the first thing that a corporate personnel should understand > about is: licenses. > > *Many* people I've met have a WRONG idea of open source software. You can > always control how the other party uses your software by correctly issuing > licenses. You can distribute your product with a > restrictive-but-open-source license (such as CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). More about > Open source licenses can be searched online! > > *See The Another Business Model* > > But first, You need to be sure about the benefits of open source softwares > from a neutral (non-business) point of view. > > 1. Bugs > "As a large number of users can access and change the code, bugs tend to > be more visible and more rapidly corrected in open source softwares." > > 2. Customization and Enhancement > An open source software always has large room of customization and > enhancement, which is great for end-users. They can just issue another > subcontractor to write the enhancements for them or use the software to > their own needs. It also provides room for translation of the software to > different languages by the people in need. > > 3. Security > For various reasons, open source software is more secure than the closed > source. Many people have the misconception that making the source code open > will make the system vulnerable. Incorrect! It just makes your system > secure. > > Now that some (important) points of OSS are discussed, we finally come to > making money. > > 1. Sell the Service, not the Software! > > As mentioned by a lot of good peoples before me, the basic model of Open > Source Software is to sell your support! And It's better than selling the > software. > > 2. Your Software Production Costs Are Greatly Reduced! > > Since there are a lot of people and organizations involved in making the > software, the software production and maintenance costs are reduced. > > 3. You're Making The World a Better Place. > > Well, this is a philosophical point. But you can show your CSR by > contributing to open source softwares. > > Here are the links that I visited to compile these points. Going through > these may give a clear(er) view on open source softwares. > > [1] http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/01/yes-you-can-make-money-with-op/ -- Yes, > You Can Make Money with Open Source - Igor Faletski - Harvard Business > Review > > [2] > http://www.linuxit.com/Portals/154143/docs/5-common-myths-open-source-infographic.pdf > -- 5-common-myths-open-source-infographic.pdf > > [3] > http://opensourceforamerica.org/learn-more/benefits-of-open-source-software/-- > Benefits of Open Source Software | Open Source for America > > [4] http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/whoneedssource -- Benefits of open > source code > > [5] http://eu.conecta.it/paper/Advantages_open_source_soft.html -- > Advantages of open source software > > [6] > http://opensource.about.com/od/basics/tp/5-Ways-To-Make-Money-With-Open-Source-Software.htm-- > 5 Ways to Make Money With Open Source Software > > > > On शुक्रबार 07 मार्च 2014 07:48 अपराह्न, Sushil Ale Magar wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm trying to get some idea about foss. We can generally define what > is foss and how can we get benifits from it as an end user but I don't > have clear idea from the developers point of view. As a corporate > business house, we want profit. we can see many big organisations have > invested on open source project. Why do they invest a lot in foss > project? > I hope you will provide me some ideas and resources from which i can > get clear view. > > Best Regards, > > > > -- > cipher > fb/twitter/github: nootanghimire > > -- > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. 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