• DocumentCode
    1205559
  • Title

    Open source business models: ready for prime time

  • Author

    Goth, Gary

  • Author_Institution
    freelance writer
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    98
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    Open source software was ready for any enterprise by putting its full corporate support behind Linux, the open source ecosystem has matured into a shoulder-to-shoulder companion for commercial proprietary software. A new tapestry of community resources, venture capital, and informal networks of open source veterans championing new applications is being woven through industries and academia. What open source software really does is open up the low end of the market, and it certainly changes dynamics on the global stage.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; business data processing; public domain software; business model; enterprise model; open source software; Asterisk OSS; Business Readiness Rating; Center for Open Source Investigation; Cloudscape; Drupal Content Management Systems Conference; GNU Lesser General Public License; Gluecode; JBoss; Java Enterprise Middleware Server; Larry Wall; Linux; Linux desktop; Medsphere; O´Reilly; OSCON; PHP; Perl; Ruby on Rails; SourceForge.net; SpikeSource; WebSphere; open source software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2005.157
  • Filename
    1524922