On Wednesday 09 August 2006 07:38, Arí Ricardo Ody wrote:
> A good question, at least for me:
>
> How a company like Borland will survive if it
> turns its softwares Open Source? May someone say some words about this?
>
> Borland survive sailing licenses paid. Doesn't it?
>
> [ ]
>
> Ricardo
I think they could run the company like MySQL does. Sort of a dual license -
use it for business then pay for the license. I'm not sure how big MySQL is
(the company) but I think in general they are doing very well. Also Borlands
recent move to services fits the same mold that MySQL is using. The business
that uses the product pays for the product. Developers pay nothing. Small
mom and pop shops will most likely rip off the product but big business will
pay for protection against suit and to get the support.
John
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