Many years ago I ran a subsidiary of VA Linux called OSDN. OSDN consisted of 11 websites and three businesses. …
Microsoft & Novell agreement: Opening closed minds is possible
Below is an article I wrote in July 2001, that was published by ZDNET. The publication is no longer available …
Is Slashdot on the block?
In today’s article in CNNMoney.com entitled Is Slashdot the future of Media?, an idea was floated that Slashdot, and even …
IDC analyst heading to Open-Xchange
Dan Kusnetzky, one of the earliest open source industry analysts will shortly be moving onto an open source company. I …
VA Software sells Animation Factory — Is there more to come?
I was very surprised to see that VA Software had sold the Animation Factory assets to JupiterMedia. This brings an …
Sugar Coated Open Source Strategies
I have noticed an increase in the number of companies deciding to put their code in the open source arena. …
Commercial Open Source Business Models
There are many open source business models. Perhaps the most notable are the following three: The services model, the product …
What makes an Open Source Project ready for Commercial Success
Over the past few months there has been an upswing in venture capital funding used to establish commercial open source …