Oskar Syahbana wrote: > OOT dikit ah, top posting dikit juga :-) Top posting juga
> Open source software profit centernya kan memang kebanyakan ada di servis. > Jadi jangan salahkan bisnis modelnya :-). Redhat pun akhirnya bisa besar dan > sumber pemasukan utamanya bukan terletak pada penjualan software (walaupun > ini juga menyumbangkan fragment keuntungan). Kalaupun akhir - akhir ini > mereka membayarkan software enterprise mereka (lisensinya make apa sih?), > toh tetap tidak masalah bagi mereka kalau softwarenya dibajak karena > kebanyakan customer mereka lebih mementingkan layanan yang dapat mereka > berikan (dengan membeli software sesuai dengan price-tagnya) daripada harga > software bajakan yang murah. Ach yang benar Ach... Ini hasil Finansial Report RedHAT kuarter ini dari http://biz.yahoo.com/e/051011/rhat10-q.html : Subscription and services revenue: Subscription: Enterprise technologies $ 53,758 Retail - Embedded 569 -- --------- - -- --------- - -- --------- - -- --------- - Total subscription revenue 54,327 Services: Enterprise technologies 10,684 Embedded development services 707 -- --------- - -- --------- - -- --------- - -- --------- - Total services revenue 11,391 ....... ++++Subscription revenue Subscription revenue is comprised of enterprise and embedded revenues. Retail products are no longer sold. Accounts receivable and deferred revenue are recorded at the time a customer enters into a binding agreement for the purchase of a subscription, subscription services are made available to the customer and the customer is billed .... ++++Services Revenue Services revenue is comprised of enterprise technology services and embedded development. Enterprise technology services are comprised of revenue for enterprise consulting and engineering services and customer training and education. Kesimpulan: Revenues Redhat dihasilkan primarily dari Enterprise customer Redhat Subscription,Nilainya 5x lebih besar dari services.Dari Retail: nihil. Btw,makanya penting bangeet mengerti membaca finansial report publik company (10K/10Q) dan akuisisi/merger/stock options.Bukan glamournya,tapi biar bisa bedakan antara gosip di luaran/blogs dan financial fact :) Carlos
