We have made progress.
Jacqui Caren wrote:
> John Cooper wrote:
>> If it was so easy we would all be a millionaires by now. Getting the
>> business model right is still difficult for FLOSS projects, but some are
>> making good money and are attracting investors.
This month I am working towards pr
Edward Beckmann wrote:
> Simplest way to do all this is to make a list of your types of 'customer' -
> large corp, small corp, school etc. and use them as column headings. Then
> list your features in rows of a table and tick the columns where these
> features are benefits. Put a double tick where
Keith
Nicely put. So often we see features (which are addictive to add when you
are designing / producing a product) with diminishing benefits. As you quite
rightly point out, people generally need solutions to their problems, unless
your product falls into the 'mine has something yours has not' c
Keith Edmunds
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:13:15 +0100, l...@interlinux.co.uk said:
>
>> Just wanted to tack this feature list
>
> Just a thought: next time you have your BizHat on, you may want to compile
> a list of benefits. You can derive benefits from features by adding "which
> means that..." aft
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:13:15 +0100, l...@interlinux.co.uk said:
> Just wanted to tack this feature list
Just a thought: next time you have your BizHat on, you may want to compile
a list of benefits. You can derive benefits from features by adding "which
means that..." after the feature, although
Vic wrote:
> I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
(I) Damian wrote:
>For a start, and I believe this is quite visible, no system modifications
are >required
John Cooper wrote:
If it was so easy we would all be a millionaires by now. Getting the
business model right is still difficult for FLOSS projects, but some are
making good money and are attracting investors.
Has anyone here heard of Perl's DBI?
It's initial development was funded by my employ
Damian Brasher wrote:
Vic wrote:
I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
If that is the case and others agree then I will cease coding DIASER.
The reaso
John Cooper wrote:
Damian, Do you watch Dragon Den? If not I suggest you do. You are asking
for investment in a project but offer no idea of the potential profits
or benefits of backing this. Adding links is not enough to grab any
companies attention, it has to be written in the first contact. I
John Cooper wrote:
> business model right is still difficult for FLOSS projects,
Sure is, thanks to all respondents.
At least there is most of a proposal-left.
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On 23/07/10 10:57, Damian Brasher wrote:
> Sean Gibbins wrote:
>> Anyway, my comments are coming from a good place...
>
> I know, it's just that if that if someone willing to invest does read the
> thread I was hoping the content would contain useful examples.
>
> -- Damian
>
If it was so easy
Edward Beckmann wrote:
> There's loads of sound feedback that I do not intend to duplicate, but here
> is an extract of the kind of guidance that I offer people. It tends to be on
> the blunt side because investors are blunt. Take it as read I am aware of
> the time, expertise and heart that you h
Hi Damian
There's loads of sound feedback that I do not intend to duplicate, but here
is an extract of the kind of guidance that I offer people. It tends to be on
the blunt side because investors are blunt. Take it as read I am aware of
the time, expertise and heart that you have invested yourself
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Anyway, my comments are coming from a good place...
I know, it's just that if that if someone willing to invest does read the
thread I was hoping the content would contain useful examples.
-- Damian
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DIASER RoadMap http://b
On 23/07/10 00:30, Damian Brasher wrote:
Sean Gibbins wrote:
However, the fact that your product is not unique in the market place
doesn't strike me as a reason to give up.
Thank you for continuing the discussion.
Strike? Can you be more specific?
Two points to make here:
1) B
Vic wrote:
>> However, the fact that your product is not unique in the market place
>> doesn't strike me as a reason to give up.
>
> Absolutely. Diversity is a good thing.
One of the reasons for trying. And sustain important discussions like this.
> What I'm trying to highlight is that the first
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> However, the fact that your product is not unique in the market place
> doesn't strike me as a reason to give up.
Thank you for continuing the discussion.
Strike? Can you be more specific?
Two points to make here:
1) By discussing this I am making sure the business is acc
> However, the fact that your product is not unique in the market place
> doesn't strike me as a reason to give up.
Absolutely. Diversity is a good thing.
What I'm trying to highlight is that the first question any potential user
or investor will ask is "why?". There needs to be a good answer to
On 22/07/10 22:48, Damian Brasher wrote:
Vic wrote:
I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
If that is the case and others agree then I will ceas
Vic wrote:
> I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
> DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
> something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
For a start, and I believe this is quite visible, no system modifications are
required for installatio
Vic wrote:
> I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
> DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
> something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
If that is the case and others agree then I will cease coding DIASER.
-- Damian
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http://interli
> Damian, Do you watch Dragon Den? If not I suggest you do. You are asking
> for investment in a project but offer no idea of the potential profits
> or benefits of backing this.
Additionally, it's essential to point out why potential customers would
buy into the idea - and that usually means hav
John Cooper wrote:
> Damian, Do you watch Dragon Den? If not I suggest you do. You are asking
> for investment in a project but offer no idea of the potential profits
> or benefits of backing this. Adding links is not enough to grab any
> companies attention, it has to be written in the first cont
On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
> Hi List, Please forward if you know anyone that may be interested. More
> Dragons Den than spam I think.
>
>
> If X(company) are looking for another investment opportunity in the
> Open Source community I believe this project will yield results.
>
Chris Dennis wrote:
> On 22/07/10 14:02, Sean Gibbins wrote:
>> On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
>>> ...Somewhere in the region
>>> of UKP 30-100K.
>
> Does that mean UKP(30-100)K or UKP30-(100K) ? :)
>
> UKP30 - UKP100,000 is a big range.
>
Thanks for your comment Chris.
Again, please se
Chris Aitken wrote:
> On 22 July 2010 14:02, Sean Gibbins wrote:
>
>> On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
>>
>>> We are a small company that has designed and built an Open Source
>>> long-term archive system for education, currently in beta2. DIASER -
>>> Distributed Internet Archive System f
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> wever, it occurred to me that asking for between 30-100K sends a
> message that you don't really know how much you need, i.e. there is no
> hard and fast business plan.
Thank you for your relevant response.
Open Source is an evolving code base. I am using a copyleft (evolvin
On 22/07/10 14:02, Sean Gibbins wrote:
On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
...Somewhere in the region
of UKP 30-100K.
Does that mean UKP(30-100)K or UKP30-(100K) ? :)
UKP30 - UKP100,000 is a big range.
Unhelpfully yours,
Chris
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On 22 July 2010 14:02, Sean Gibbins wrote:
> On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
>
>> We are a small company that has designed and built an Open Source
>> long-term archive system for education, currently in beta2. DIASER -
>> Distributed Internet Archive System for Educational Repositories.
On 22/07/10 13:26, Damian Brasher wrote:
We are a small company that has designed and built an Open Source
long-term archive system for education, currently in beta2. DIASER -
Distributed Internet Archive System for Educational Repositories. To
continue we need further investment sponsorship. Som
Hi List, Please forward if you know anyone that may be interested. More
Dragons Den than spam I think.
Please read this blog post first:) http://interlinux.co.uk/wordpress/?p=638
Basically 'let the (commercial/oss)community decide' time from our point of
view. I've given this a weeks-months time
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