The
following are a series of selected news articles, feature stories, and blogs about
Business & 'Open Source' activities and solutions.
This short article is meant to provide a high
level overview and guidance about the major stages of financing new companies
go through as they mature. This includes companies offering products or
services in the 'Open Health' arena such as open source software, open data,
open access, and open hardware solutions. There are typically six stages of financing
that roughly correspond to the stages of a company's development. Read More »
Investing in Open Source Companies & Solutions is Smart Business
"Bill Gates, VCs Invest $35M In ResearchGate", "Mirantis Fuels Open Source OpenStack with $10 Million Investment", "One day, three deals, $150 million in open source funding", "Open Source technology investment to increase significantly by 2018". Pay attention to these headlines from recent news articles related to investing in 'open source'.
Obviously, there must be something wrong with these news stories.
Who would really want to invest in companies that have embraced the 'open
source' movement? Google must be a one time phenomena. Facebook, a flash in the
pan. Red Hat, an anomaly. Canonical's Ubuntu solution? C'mon. Amazon,
Acquia, SugarCRM, Alfresco, eRacks, Jaspersoft, OpenBravo, Pentaho, EnterpriseDB,
Talend, VMWare, Zenoss, … Read
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A quick Google search on "Business
Models for Open Source" brings up numerous articles and studies on the
topic that proclaim there are anywhere from five major business models to over
eighty possible examples. We have compiled a list of approximately 15-20
business models or strategies for open source, depending on the mission, goals,
licensing, context, and numerous other factors. Read More »
The U.S., U.K., Kenya, India, France, G8 Nations… Everyone seems to be catching 'Open Data'
Fever! Companies across the U.S. and around the world are all starting to
figure out business models and strategies that will allow them to cash in on
the 'open data' movement.
A few years ago, RedMonk co-founder and analyst Stephen O'Grady
presented his idea that we are now entering the fourth
generation of information technology (IT) companies. Turns out he was
right on target. According to O'Grady, the four generations to date include… Read
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Paul Matthews, Chief Executive of the Institute of IT
Professionals (IITP) congratulated Commerce Minister Foss for listening to the
IT industry and supporting the nearly unanimous passage of New Zealand's recent
law banning software patents.
This represents one more step forward in efforts by the public
sector to change the law and procurement processes for information technology
(IT) solutions. It places open source software solutions on an equal footing
with traditional 'closed' proprietary solutions. This change will also
benefit many small companies in the private sector that can't afford costly,
proprietary solutions.
Senior executives and investors, pay attention. Hundreds of major
open source companies have been established and are now succeeding in the 'Open
Source' & 'Open Health' marketplace. Think Red Hat, Clear Health,
KitWare, MedSphere, Black Duck, Mirth, Alfresco, Canonical, Open Dental,
Indivica, and many more.
The latest reports from Gartner, Forrester, Cenatic, and many
other news and industry research organizations all point to the continuing
growth of the open source marketplace. In fact, Red Hat recently became the first
open source software company to generate more than $1 billion in annual
revenue, a watershed moment for the global open source business community. Read
More >>
The following is a
description of the Open Source Maturity Model as defined by Open Health News (OHNews). It lays out
the six major phases open source systems may go through during their systems
life cycle – from the birth of an idea to a mature global solution. Read More »
Starting in the early 2000s, a number of companies began to
release a portion of their product's source code to the open source community,
while keeping key parts closed. This allowed them to make claims that their
company and products were open source. These products were termed commercial open source or hybrid open source software, to
distinguish them from true free and
open source software (FOSS).
In hybrid open source business models [see COTS,
FOSS, or HOSS Solutions?], some of the software products are released
using a business friendly open source license, but some of the special source
code add-ons are only available for a fee. There currently appear to be two
major forms of the hybrid open source business model. Read
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