I certainly plan to generate revenue from my PostGreSQL efforts, even while using VFP (for now) as a transitionary front end solution. Once I do migrate from VFP for my front end to some Open Source development solution (Dabo?), I still plan to generate revenue.
Value exchanged between myself and a client is still value exchanged, regardless of my own cost basis. It is up to me to either share in the cost reduction (if any) in providing my Open Source based solution with my clients or not. A Windows Server (especially with the additional 2003 Server Terminal Services license fees) is what is killing my cost basis, vs a nice Linux Server platform. For me, the movement from VFP to PostgreSQL/Dabo is more for the cost effective scalability and Thin-Net capabilities of PostgreSQL, and due the abandonment of VFP (no 64 bit version coming) by M$ as a viable development solution in the not too distant future. If I am merely going to cut M$ out of the Server and DBMS part of the pie by going Open Source, the benefit is more to my client, as my solutions will still carry a similar fee structure. I can just provide it more cost effectively using PostGreSQL and Linux. And, yes, I am doing just fine with my fee structure, and expect to continue to do so after migrating to Open Source solutions. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] For those who hate the iPhone > > > Ed Leafe wrote: > > <snipped> > > Nothing says you can't make money off of open source. > > > > That's probably the most popular misunderstanding about open source. > > -- > Michael J. Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
