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Is Branding the Future of Open Source?

Posted by timothy on from the become-a-certified-massage-therapist dept.

Khalid writes "People are still looking for good open source business models. Here is a very interesting one I found in the JBoss site. You can become a certified JBoss Group Authorized Consultant in exchange of $5000. Which comprise training and tests, in return, you can use the JBoss brand, which is quite recognized now. While this may not apply to all open source projects, I think this is a best of both worlds deal. The source is open for everybody (JBoss is LGPL). JBoss get a very solid network of consultants which make the JBoss brand even more solid (human networks never die). Users can get support and service and the people at JBoss Group can get some money to pay the bill and keep improving JBoss to make it an even better product, a very virtuous cycle." $5000 is a lot of money, though, and that cost is per-year, not a lifetime membership.

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  1. A bargain! by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pay me $500 a year, and I'll vouch for ya! Sure, I'm a nobody now... but wait till everyone pays me $500... I'll have a great website, and ads during the superbowl... how can you lose?

    Paypal account to follow....

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  2. Immortality Is Punny by Sqwerty · · Score: 4, Funny

    human networks never die
    This should read: "Java programmers never die. They just don't C as well."

  3. This won't always work.... by chinton · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see it now -- I spend a bunch of time and money learning the ins and outs of audio encoding, compression and all that good stuff... Then I get my branding: Certified LAME Engineer