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I think he meant to say "Ask yourself: what open source software exists that solves a big problem in a large market?" ... then host it and provide it as a servi

• bootload 18y ago
  "... "Ask yourself: what open source software exists that solves a big problem in a large market?" ... then host it and provide it as a service ..." I'd agree with that one. Free software allows you to take an individual copy then run it yourself or even run a company. It's not as if Free or Open source software has to serve the market any more than that.
• bjelkeman-again 18y ago
  Yes, I agree with your addendum. This is what we have done with Akvo.org. Nearly 3 billion people do not have clean water to drink or adequate sanitation. That is what I call a large market and a big problem. We have taken the open source approach to try to address this from an internet service point of view. Even though we haven't released any code yet, we have several big players investigating using our platform and software for boosting their efforts in the development aid space. Maybe we are doing something right.