Comments on: The Open Source Promise http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/ The Art of Being Open Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mindquarry GO Launched - Get 3 Beta Tester Accounts (by Sandro Groganz) http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-10117 Mindquarry GO Launched - Get 3 Beta Tester Accounts (by Sandro Groganz) Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:58:26 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-10117 [...] With Mindquarry GO, we are joining the ranks of Open Source companies offering their products as Software as a Service (SaaS). [...] [...] With Mindquarry GO, we are joining the ranks of Open Source companies offering their products as Software as a Service (SaaS). [...]

]]> By: Roberto Galoppini http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-7474 Roberto Galoppini Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:42:18 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-7474 Ian is raising up an important issue here, and among <a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/04/06/open-source-business-models-a-taxonomy-of-open-source-firms%e2%80%99-business-models/" rel="nofollow">open source firms</a> I believe that being able to <a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/06/02/open-source-firms-enterprisedb-business-model/" rel="nofollow">contribute back</a> will become more and more important. Ian is raising up an important issue here, and among open source firms I believe that being able to contribute back will become more and more important.

]]> By: Ian Nieves http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-4632 Ian Nieves Fri, 04 May 2007 22:26:47 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2007/05/03/the-open-source-promise/#comment-4632 I think that for all kinds of companies (IT or not) Open Source communities/software/etc. is going to be a valuable asset in remaining competitive. Regardless of what license Open Source projects leverage, and regardless of what commercialization/monetization models companies leverage... I believe that the commercial organizations at the very least be _proactively_ giving _something_ back. Even if it is just filing bug reports, or promoting a project. Without that, everyone loses, and the OS community would be getting advantage of by commercial interests... something I hope never happens. That being said, I hope to see more companies like Untangle which rely heavily on open source, and also contribure heavily back. Thats great to see, and I look forward to seeing more companies follow the lead that Untangle has set forth, in that respect. Happy Weekend! -ian I think that for all kinds of companies (IT or not) Open Source communities/software/etc. is going to be a valuable asset in remaining competitive.

Regardless of what license Open Source projects leverage, and regardless of what commercialization/monetization models companies leverage… I believe that the commercial organizations at the very least be _proactively_ giving _something_ back. Even if it is just filing bug reports, or promoting a project.

Without that, everyone loses, and the OS community would be getting advantage of by commercial interests… something I hope never happens.

That being said, I hope to see more companies like Untangle which rely heavily on open source, and also contribure heavily back. Thats great to see, and I look forward to seeing more companies follow the lead that Untangle has set forth, in that respect.

Happy Weekend!

-ian

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