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Presentation slides on OSS
Posted: 2007-03-13 05:29pm
by rhoenix
I found
this presentation linked off an article at Slashdot, and found it fascinating. The slides don't have the benefit of the speaker, unfortunately, but for the most part it's quite informative about OSS and business.
Posted: 2007-03-13 06:38pm
by RThurmont
Indeed, I took a look at that stuff earlier in the day. OSS actually makes for an excellent business model, in my opinion, as in many cases, you can reap the full gross margins of packaged software distribution without paying for the development, while additionally garnering a secure revenue stream from maintenance and support contracts.
Re: Presentation slides on OSS
Posted: 2007-03-13 07:42pm
by Xisiqomelir
He's right about why Oracle Linux isn't doing so well, and why Novellindows Linux is also headed for disaster.
Re: Presentation slides on OSS
Posted: 2007-03-13 10:23pm
by Pu-239
Xisiqomelir wrote:He's right about why Oracle Linux isn't doing so well, and why Novellindows Linux is also headed for disaster.
Which is unfortunate, since Novell does contribute a lot to desktop linux software (Mono, compiz, some gnome and KDE stuff)
Posted: 2007-03-13 11:48pm
by RThurmont
Not to mention the fact that SLED is one of the best distros around. I love it. In fact, this morning, when chatting with a certain SD.net member, I likened Rome: Total War (which I recently bought after reading Wong's rave review) to it in terms of quality.
To which he replied (justifiably) that that was the nerdiest statement I ever made. Fair enough. I guess you know your way too into operating systems when you liken a Linux distro to R:TW.