Thank you all for your kind support and suggestions. now I've clear view about it. I'm planning to give short presentation about FOSS in my college it will help me a lot to tackle questions that may arise during presentation. Thank you all.
On 3/8/14, utsav bhetuwal <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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. > -- Sushil Ale Magar Student at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science Lamachaur, Pokhara Contact No: +977-9846098811 -- -- 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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