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Tough question. My anecdotal observation is that the business model you described appears to have limited success. If it were me I would pursue high-end consult
by liammclennan 16y ago
Tough question. My anecdotal observation is that the business model you described appears to have limited success. If it were me I would pursue high-end consulting opportunities as a tile5 specialist + use the exposure from a successful open-source project to generate other opportunities.
- DamonOehlman 16y agoI think that may well be the reality of things too, although I would like to see more happen. Unfortunately when it comes to opensource software most successful libraries (take jQuery for example) survive and thrive through having a large organisation believe in, champion and ultimately absorb it into their machinery. Either that or dual-licensing models are used to generate revenue streams from projects commercializing their software. Completely fair, but limits the adoption in the early phases. It would be nice to see an OS licence that basically said, if you have money you really should pay for this but if you don't then well don't sweat it, just do whatever you want with it...