I wonder if we could even come up with an agreed upon definition of
"open source business model". I suspect it is no less bogus than
"Internet business model".
People and companies make money the way they always have, which either
is by offering products and services to others who wish to pay for
them, or by taking it by force in some way. This is not going to
change. Opensource/Free software might be involved to an extent, or
not at all.
I can't, in any way, see how Red Hat's business model can be even
COMPARED with, for example, VA Linux's original business model, much
less referred to with the same term. VA Linux's model was selling
computer hardware! This is the farthest from unproven as you can get
in the IT industry. Way too proven, in fact, because it forces
competition with several players with as many as 50 years of
experience.
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