David wrote... > Sourcefire is a public company. As such, its directors have a > fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of Sourcefire investors. Pendantic mode... Public/Private has no bearing on the issue. Private companies mostly act in the interest of the private shareholders which is generally the same interest shown by public shareholders in public companies.
> So: How is Sourcefire planning to make money from ClamAV? I would > feel much more comforted if a Sourcefire rep could explain this. > (Public companies don't make acquisitions for the good of the > community; they make them for the good of their shareholders.) I can think of two possible scenarios from other examples in the industry: First, they may offer priority support contracts which many corporate users will want to pay for so they have direct and/or priority support, etc. Second, they may provide specific add-ons and features that are available for a fee, just like Sendmail.Org has done. This doesn't mean the code is really "forked", as the commercial version may be merely addons, conditional compiles, etc. I am not implying having any special knowledge or information. I'm merely illustrating what I have seen other companies do. I would suggest waiting and seeing what happens over a period of time, say a year. As long as some of the new enhancements, bugfixes, etc. trickle into the code (or the free version of the code, if they go that route)... I'd be quite happy. May even pay for the commercial support. Jay West _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
