On 17-May-11, at 5:35 PM, Santosh Rajan wrote:
[snip]
First of all, let us get one thing out of the way. Success in
software/hardware, no matter where you are, entirely depends on on
how
passionate you are about it. We can't quantify a person's passion
for some
thing. Apple's success, is Steve Job's passion for whatever he was
creating.
Fair enough.
Having got that out of the way, let us try to answer some of your
questions.
They weren't really questions. You've outlined a correlation and now I
am asking you to provide the causation.
Right! The environment counts a lot. Not the person. If you are
based in
India, you are already starting to bat with 3 wickets down viz a viz
San
Francisco, (If I can humbly give a cricket anology).
This is true no matter what sort of technology business you start.
What is different about business models that are FOSS-driven?
Wrong and Right!. People outside the valley are definitely capable of
creating/running business, but they have a great disadvantage. Their
competitors based in the valley, have a competitive edge/eco
system,that the
poor great guys outside the valley can't match.
I agree. So what is the solution, other than moving to the Valley?
Forget about your three possible hypothesis . I hope I have answered
your
questions above!
I think you've misunderstood. I'm still not clear on the following:
1. We've established that tech startups are at a disadvantage when
based outside SV. Why is this so? Specifically, what is different
about FOSS-model startups?
2. Given that we are not all moving to California, what are our
options? I assume you are recommending against a FOSS-model startup.
What sort of business models do you recommend instead? Why?
3. At least one person on this thread has pointed out that his Indian
company is making a profit while working on FOSS. I know of a few
others. Do you not recommend that others attempt to follow their
example? Why?
-Taj.
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