Why Open Source Business Models Are Dead-End Streets And GigaOM (Sebastian Rupley) is Wrong I was reading GigaOM's article (linked above) and it espouses the same age-old regurgitated wisdom about viable open-source business models: Open-Source business model can survive by focusing on service (RedHat) or as a loss-leader (Android by Google) for promoting its more profitable ventures. The article itself is a response to New York Times - Why Open Source Proves Elusive as a Business Model article which discusses the trouble of monetizing most open source businesses like MySQL purchase by Sun etc., with the notable obvious exception of RedHat.

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