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Making Money In Open Source

Posted by Hemos on from the how-to-make-money-in-open-source dept.

Khalid writes "An interview with Sleepycat President and CEO, Michael Olson, it brings a lot of interesting information about their business model and licensing scheme. A lot of good ideas, when a lot of open source based companies are struggling for life. "

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  1. Re:Let me see.. by sharkey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You don't have to humor me, Marge.
    Well, it's pretty ingrained.

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  2. Re:read carefully: opensource based _COMPANIES_ by jukal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shouldn't that be "eat rice for the lest of your rife"?
    heh :)

    You mean: flirty coffeehouse reiterator ? or want to shortly officiate route reefer?

  3. You forgot Lebanon by jjn1056 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Reagan shelled the place after a suicide bomber drove a truck into a Marine barracks, killing something like 200 soldiers.

    Then we left and less than 20 years later a bunch of suicide terrorist kill thousands in NYC, so we bomb Afganistan.

    We'll probably leave again.

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  4. Fuck You, Moderator. by dbCooper0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a valid point, whereas you have moderator points. Wasting them on a post with a value of "0" just shows how STUPID you are. Asshole. Go browse GOATSE or something...

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  5. re: A lot of good ideas by mellonhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about utilizing grammar on your website?

  6. Re:Die Gadanken Sind Frie! by NineNine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you know that tomatoes are free? It's absolutely true. Anyone can grow tomatoes at virtually no expense. They are "worthless." What costs you money at the store isn't the tomato. It's the transportation and storage of the tomato, which is STILL so "worthless" that you find it preferable to buy it rather than grow your own. Zuccinni has NEGATIVE value. Sometimes you literally can't give it away.

    No, that's not at all true. There are companies who have spent millions developing vegetables that grow faster, bigger, are bug and disease resistant, etc. Those are NOT free.