Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
Adding to the list of reading material suggested by others: Introduction to Economic Analysis by Preston McAfee. Its available at http://www.introecon.com Its hard core economics book which I hear (no, I have not read it ) covers the economics of abundance - the underlying philosophy of free stuff - in contrast with the economics of scarcity - on which philosophy much of today's laws and business models are framed. Do tell us if you find it worthwhile :-) regds, mano ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
Hello, On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > This economic side of FOSS is still vague in many of our minds in this > mailing list including me. Here are some more articles on the topic. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001247.html http://journal.dedasys.com/2009/03/27/codinghorror-and-open-source-economics http://journal.dedasys.com/2009/03/27/software-economics-public-goods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good I think it is only in a maximally free market economy like the USA that people would think of a "public good" as something to be created by "market forces". Software grew in the USA and so it has acquired the economics of that country! Regards, Kapil. -- ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > > Hello all, > Can anyone explain the economics of a typical FOSS based business... > Say for example, if we take a FOSS company like Mozilla, what is its exact > business model ? > Since Mozilla software is free to download, where does the company actually > making money ? > This economic side of FOSS is still vague in many of our minds in this mailing list including me. We just saw sun being valued for 6 Billion USD. According to market cap and revene data, I would say Redhat should be valued little less than Sun. Together Sun and Redhat are the two most important and successful FOSS companies out in todays industry. PS: I don't answer your question. But I guess these data are relevant. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > > [*] As many great thinkers have said: > > Great confusion precedes true understanding > > Or put differently: > > If you are never confused you will never reach nirvana > > :-) > LOL it's true :) Adding to the confusion http://bit.ly/p7pES :P Regards, pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri www.pavithran.org ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
Hello, On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > Can anyone explain the economics of a typical FOSS based business... > Say for example, if we take a FOSS company like Mozilla, what is its exact > business model ? > Since Mozilla software is free to download, where does the company actually > making money ? Here is an article that will help you to get more confused. :-) [*] http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3809221/Bruce-Perens-Is-Open-Source-Capitalist-or-Communist.htm [*] As many great thinkers have said: Great confusion precedes true understanding Or put differently: If you are never confused you will never reach nirvana :-) Regards, Kapil. -- ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > Hello all, > Can anyone explain the economics of a typical FOSS based business... > Say for example, if we take a FOSS company like Mozilla, what is its exact > business model ? > Since Mozilla software is free to download, where does the company actually > making money ? > > This economic side of FOSS is still vague in many of our minds in this > mailing list including me. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=foss+business+models will help. In the specific case of Firefox, search engines like Google and Yahoo share revenue based on the number of ad clicks they get via people using Firefox. Rahul ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
[Ilugc] what's the economics of a FOSS business..pls help.
Hello all, Can anyone explain the economics of a typical FOSS based business... Say for example, if we take a FOSS company like Mozilla, what is its exact business model ? Since Mozilla software is free to download, where does the company actually making money ? This economic side of FOSS is still vague in many of our minds in this mailing list including me. Thanks, Selva. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
