This is a great idea. Think of ways of creating a co-operative kind of model (somewhat like Amul, etc.), centered around a group of Counsellors. I recommend creating a "Democratic organisation", with voting rights for participants/contributors/employees. Their could be a group of Counsellors who lead the organisation, in a 'revolving CEO' model.
Do read 'Ricardo Semler' (google for him) and what he has made of his company Semco. Regards, Rahul Dewan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 January 2005 14:32 > To: ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > Subject: [ilugd] Food for thought on the New Year Eve > > > I have still not read but a MUST READ for all of us. > > ------------------QUOTE---------------------------------- > > A New Linux Business Model > > Although Open Source Unix like operating systems have become > leaders in the world servers, and initiatives such as the W3C > have delivered the de facto standards for the web, individual > and corporate users continue to give out large sums for > proprietary software. Corporations producing and selling > proprietary operating systems and applications software are > effectively tapping huge markets and making super profits, > while the Open Source Community seems to be picking up > crumbs, for the most part. Corporate members of the Open > Source Community, with some notable exceptions such as IBM, > are often struggling to break even or are funded by a > combination of risk capital and grants; not a good basis for > a business in the long run. Individual members of the > community, the people who do most of the creative work, only > occasionally receive financial rewards for their contributions. > > The Proprietary Software Community (we characterize them on > this site as the Closed Predatory Community) is engaged in an > undeclared war (well, if the Haloween documents are taken at > face value, it must be seen as a declared war) on the Open > Source Community. The diffuse and pluralistic latter may > prove to be no competition to the organized aggressive > actions undertaken by the former. > > On the following pages we have posted an inventory of > problems and suggested possible solutions. We propose > establishing an organization to represent the Open Source > Community. Certain principles are, we believe, fundamental to > such an organization. Control of the organization should > devolve to the individual members of the Open Source > Community; by which we mean natural persons. We do not on the > grounds of any a priori principle exclude corporate members > of the community from participating. We have suggested some > mechanisms by which revenue streams can be established that > return the the financial rewards to the members of our > community. We have outlined an interim statute for the new > organization which is posted here for comment. We do not > claim to have the answers; we are asking questions. > > This is an invitation to interested parties to participate in > the formulation of the objectives, structure, methods and > forms of this new business model. > -----------------------UNQUOTE-------------------------------- > ---------------- > : > : > : > http://www.amiculus.com > > > > > Anand Shankar > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> delhi.org/ > > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
