Want to Promote Open Source? Use Rebrandable eBooks
Hoping and wishful thinking work in the Open Source Advocate Fantasy World, but in the real world, just giving away software doesn’t do the job of promoting free products.
On the Internet, it seems that folks are giving away almost everything.
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Does This Really Work for Open Source Folks that want to Make Money?
I learned recently about The Freedom Class, a 2-day laptop seminar with Tim Brocklehurst.
He claims that with just 2 days, he can set you up with your own Internet Business set to earn over $66,000 in eight months – and over $100,000 in a year.
Why would Advocates want to develop an Open Source Project?
Developing an Open Source project is complicated, not only because the technology is untested and supported by volunteers (instead of paid engineers), but because it is not possible to predict how future development of the software will proceed.
With commercial software, developers produce updates and upgrades because there is profit in it.
With Open Source software the motivations of the developers is unclear.
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How SugarCRM makes the Case for Commercial Open Source…
Open Source advocates often want to “stick, shaft, burden” our school districts with “free software.” And, they tout the benefits of “without charge software licensing.”
Of course, this argument is shortsighted and wrong, but it holds sway with school district decision makers who don’t know any better.
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