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A New Spin on Open Source Business Models
IT Managers Journal is reporting that a Canadian communications student is trying to put a new spin on open source business models. Greg Dean, a student at Simon Fraser University, is attempting to merge the principles of open source with that of a co-op and a regular corporation. From the article: "On the first slide of his presentation, Dean described the ICT/OS as a 'participatory, self-managed workers' business' designed for 'getting the benefits of a corporation through the convivial democracy of a co-op.' Punctuated by dozens of questions, the rest of the presentation explained exactly how he thought this goal could be achieved. In his vision, the co-op would involve three types of members: full members, who are freelancers in high-tech professions and have full voting rights; associated members such as lawyers who provide services to the co-op; and non-members with an investment in the company."
If I send this to my boss, maybe he'll fall asleep and we can all party.
Less rollercoaster venture capital. More hippies.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Atleast he has a spin, most open source business models work like this:
:)'
1. Steel Investors money
2. Promise a better washing machine
3. Deliver a washing machine that takes twice as much soap, needs a engineering degree to open, and uses only hot water
4. Say, Oh thats because you didn't read the source and download it from our site, thats why it only works with hot water, needs twice as much soap, and doesn't open unless you play twister
5. All your tech support and sales people are fired, nothing left but the programers who have no communications skills
As Borat would say: 'You like? She's nice!
instead of a Canadian Communication Student? Sorry, this joke wrote itself.
You must be new to slashdot. After you get a bunch of people, you do three full stops, and then you've got profit.
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To summarize:
1) get a bunch of people
2)
3) profit