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This sounds very interesting. I was recently met with Dr Tarique Sani, an Open Source advocate from Nagpur, and he was mentioning six models from earning a living from Free/Libre and Open Source Software. My friend Abhas Abhinav of Deeproot Linux has also written a cover story on 'How to Eat Open Source' some time back for DeveloperIQ. Just cc'ing this to them. FN On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Trevor Warren wrote: > > > Hello FN, > How about having a contest on framing Business models based on Free > Software. > > I am sure we can rope in some sponsors and then get them to foster the > young minds to build a feasible buisiness model based on FSF/OS. > > Lemme know if this interests you. We can figure out the modalitities > later. I would like to run this on an all india level. > > Bye for now. > > Trevor > > > > On 16 Dec 2002 13:57:42 -0000 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > The following ilug-goa poll is now closed. Here are the > > final results: > > > > > > POLL QUESTION: Is it possible to make a living from > > Free/Libre and Open Source Software > > (FLOSS)? > > > > CHOICES AND RESULTS > > - No way, you must be kidding..., 0 votes, 0.00% > > - Mmmm... I'm not sure about this, 0 votes, 0.00% > > - Maybe, under certain circumstances, 0 votes, 0.00% > > - Yes, I'm confident I could do it, 0 votes, 0.00% > > - Why not?, 0 votes, 0.00% > > - For individuals and small firms yes, not for large companies with > > overheads, 0 votes, 0.00% - It's possible, but different business > > models need to be adopted, 3 votes, 60.00% - You can making a living > > (or more)... but not your millions, 1 votes, 20.00% - This is the > > wrong premise on which to start a debate about FLOSS, 0 votes, 0.00% > > - This is a very crucial question that needs to be first answered, 0 > > votes, 0.00% - Proprietorial software has given us wrong ideas about > > how to earn from software, 0 votes, 0.00% - FLOSS could expand the > > market and create tonnes of more work, 0 votes, 0.00% - Giving away > > code for free would kill potential for creativity, 0 votes, 0.00% - > > Show us models that work, and we'll be convinced, 0 votes, 0.00% - > > How does RMS make his living anyway?, 1 votes, 20.00% > > > > INDIVIDUAL VOTES > > - No way, you must be kidding... > > - Mmmm... I'm not sure about this > > - Maybe, under certain circumstances > > - Yes, I'm confident I could do it > > - Why not? > > - For individuals and small firms yes, not for large companies with > > overheads - It's possible, but different business models need to be > > adopted > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - You can making a living (or more)... but not your millions > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - This is the wrong premise on which to start a debate about FLOSS > > - This is a very crucial question that needs to be first answered > > - Proprietorial software has given us wrong ideas about how to earn > > from software - FLOSS could expand the market and create tonnes of > > more work - Giving away code for free would kill potential for > > creativity - Show us models that work, and we'll be convinced > > - How does RMS make his living anyway? > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
