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Ask MySQL's CEO About Running a Free Software Business
There have been so many articles written about the perils, pitfalls, and possible rewards of running a business based on free or open source software that we can't possibly link to them all. Instead, let's ask MySQL CEO Mårten Mickos how to make money with a company based on free software, because he runs a company that is almost always touted as one of the world's greatest free software (business) successes. You may want to read some of these interviews with Mårten before you come up with your own questions in order to avoid duplication, but other than that suggestion and the usual Slashdot interview rules, ask whatever you like, however you like.
let's spell it out here for a second...
rewards: it's free
perils and pitfalls: you have to support it yourself and since it's horribly insecure since everyone can see the source code. There's no gaurauntee of tech support at all. I just spent about 10 hours manually patching my phpBB database up to the latest version after it got hacked because their patcher doesn't run on ipowerweb's servers, one of the largest hosts in the world. The time you'll spent with headaches using open source software is NOT worth the free pricetag.
P.S. not that I'm saying sold software packages are all good or anything
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