i have looked at quite a lot of oss business models - and there are plenty of them
the one that i like is sponsored work. like in our case - our clients pay not only for implementation but also for developing open source software. we tell our client about this. and our clients like it when they know that other clients are also sponsoring work into the development and maintenance of the software. by the way my clients are government ;-) and our apps are not compatible with all browsers ;-) meaning anything less than ie8 will not work.... before you start screaming... it works on ff 3x, chrome. the newer ones that handle javascript properly. putting code as open source is also good quality assurance practice for us, as many more 'eyes' are viewing the codes - making our software portable for other clients. as we are now finding out - now cleaning up the config and hard coded bits ... this is the part that is slowing our code commit to http://github.com/idafx/IDA-Framework On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:49 PM, CL Chow <[email protected]> wrote: > a great idea, basically it's what a foss business model should be, isn't > it??? > > Regards, > CL Chow > "Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send > OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/"; > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I came across this article from LWN.net >> >> Why Making Money from Free Software Matters - >> http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Why-Making-Money-from-Free-Software-Matters-985505.html >> >> >> What interest me is on the 2nd page, how Jill Sobule adopted a donation >> model whereby fans paid her before the music existed, so that Sobule could >> spend time and money creating it. Her site is at >> http://www.jillsnextrecord.com/ >> >> *$10 - Unpolished Rock (but with potential) Level: A free digital >> download of the album, when it's released. * >> >> *$25 - Polished Rock Level: An advance copy of the CD. Weeks before the >> masses.* >> >> *$50 - Pewter Level: An advance copy and a "Thank You" on the CD.* >> >> *$100 - Copper Level: All the above, plus a T-shirt saying you're a >> junior executive producer on the album.* >> >> *$200 - Bronze Level: Free admission to my shows for 2008.* >> >> *$250 - Silver Level: All the above, plus a membership to the "Secret >> Society Producer's Club," which means you'll get a secret password to a >> website where I'll post some rough tracks, or... something worthwhile.* >> >> *$500 - Gold Level: This is where it gets good! At the end of my CD, I'll >> do a fun instrumental track where I'll mention your name and maybe rhyme >> with it. And if you don't want your name used, you can give me a loved one's >> instead. What a great gift!* >> >> *$750 - Gold Doubloons Level: Exactly like the gold level, but you give >> me more money.* >> >> *$1,000 - Platinum Level: How would you like to have a theme song written >> for you? I'll have a song you can put on your answering machine and show >> off. Again, this could be a gift.* >> >> *$2,500 - Emerald Level: Mentioned as an executive producer of the album >> – whoop-di-doo!* >> >> *$5,000 — Diamond Level: I will come and do a house concert for you. >> Invite your friends, serve some drinks, bring me out and I sing. Actually, >> this level is a smart choice economically. I've played many house concerts >> where the host has charged his guests and made his money back. I'd go for >> this if I were you.* >> >> *$10,000 - Weapons-Grade Plutonium Level: You get to come and sing on my >> CD. Don't worry if you can't sing - we can fix that on our end. Also, you >> can always play the cowbell*. >> >> >> I believe the same idea could be use to create Open Source software, >> especially for Enterprise customer. >> >> For example, if they contribute $25, they will get a CD of the software >> before it will be launched. >> $50, CD with manual. >> $100, CD with manual, with 1 t-shirt saying "I support software X", >> $200, like $100, but with additional 1 month phone support >> $500, like $200, but with additional 1 month remote support >> $1000, like $300, but with additional 1 site visit >> $2000, like $1000, but with 2 month phone support, 2 month remote support, >> and 2 site visit >> $5000, like $2000, but with 1 engineer stationed at site for 1 month >> $10000, like $5000, but they have the priority to fix their issue in first >> 6 month and new feature suggested for next release >> >> >> >> What do you think? >> >> >> -- >> Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan >> >> -- >> Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ >> >> Facebook Fan page >> >> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 >> >> http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<osdcmy-list%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > > > -- > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ > > Facebook Fan page > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<osdcmy-list%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > -- Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. 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