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Hello all, good morning. A whole lot of issues is what i am trying to comprehend with over the last couple of months. Among them these two figure out the most. --> Opening up our mind to ideas from the non FSF/OS world. --> Working our Business models for FSF/OS. --> Looking beyond Lugs. We need to have more initiatives on a national perspective and i am in for forging relationships on different perspectives. That apart i was thinking on the lines of roping in some sponsors and have organise a Contest all over the country based on... >> Developing Business models on FSF/OS <<. Am keen on having the same done. If each of you pitch in a little bit, together we can have the same done. It would go al ong way in getting the intended VIEW POINT OF the FSF/OS proponents out to the world and also act as a reference point for all future arguments. Bye for now and awaiting your response on the same. Have a great day all. Trevor On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:36:17 +0530 (IST) Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
