Cocoy Dayao wrote: > No it isn't. several billion dollars worth industry called "Linux" is > proof that Proprietary is /not/ the only game in town. > > Linux--- is a several billion dollars worth industry and is open source. > > Red Hat is an Open Source business. many LInux distros are "businesses". > > IBM Global Services is an Open Source Business. > > Apple is at its core, an open source business. > > PostgreSQL is an open source business. > > MySQL is an open source business. > > notice anything similar with these businesses? >
*Noun* *1.* *proprietary* - an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits http://www.thefreedictionary.com/proprietary i did not mean the adjective proprietary. they have become profitable because of... ? they are not primarily opensource, and they are PROFITABLE, and their owners make money. > open source projects are built around people coming together because > they have a need. it is like a rotary club where engineers gather > and be geeks. it doesn't even have to change the world. it may even > be all about building a better door knob. or dog house. > > or people join religious/ socio-civic groups for networking and eventually creating money. > any computer shop owner can simply download linux, install it on the > white boxes he sells. that's opportunity right there. > > ...and a computer shop's owner needs to sell, that's why he risks his business by getting pirated M$ software, and runs all kinds of online games because thats where the money is. >> so starting a local open source company is feasible, but your product >> and services will have to suit your target market. >> >> >> > > business that succeed is first about passion. 2nd it is about great > and talented people. 3rd it is about products and 4th about making > money. > > CEOs are about passion that creates money. great people create money. bottomline its about the money. would you setup an unsustainable business? or a business that would give you break-even / zero profit for the next 10 years? Big companies close down several divisions if they are unprofitable. > don't believe me? try to listen/watch steve jobs and bill gates being > interviewed. you can gain a whole new perspective on business, on > technology. > > they have great positive insights. > > linux people should really try to listen to them. they're not angels > or the devil. here's the link: http://arkangel1a.blogspot.com/2007/06/ > real-world-im-pc-im-mac.html also Guy Kawasaki's "The Art of the > Start" here: http://arkangel1a.blogspot.com/2007/04/everyone-care- > nobody-cry.html > > also try to find the book "Under the Radar" a history of Red Hat and > how they started, very insightful reading. i highly recommend it for > anyone going out to start their own open source business. > > open source does not change the paradigm of starting a company, > instead it opens (no pun intended) greater opportunity to build new > and exciting things. > > what's your passion? what's your great idea? > --is your great idea profitable? then i'd like to invest on it.
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