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The open source year 2006 is coming to an end.  While we often see things moving rather slowly from a day to day perspective, it is quite amazing how massively open source is changing the software industry by looking at the year in review:Open source companies have made significant commercial progress and doubled their business, incl. MySQL, ...

The open source year 2006 is coming to an end.  While we often see things moving rather slowly from a day to day perspective, it is quite amazing how massively open source is changing the software industry by looking at the year in review:Open source companies have made significant commercial progress and doubled their business, incl. MySQL, ...

Marten has compiled a nice list of 13 hybrid business models with open source in this blog: ''1. Software is free but we need donations and subsidies to survive (Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse, ObjectWeb) 2. Software is free but we sell ads and placements (Mozilla) 3. Software is free but if you embed it ...

Marten has compiled a nice list of 13 hybrid business models with open source in this blog: ''1. Software is free but we need donations and subsidies to survive (Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse, ObjectWeb) 2. Software is free but we sell ads and placements (Mozilla) 3. Software is free but if you embed it ...

I have finished the (B) case sequel of the Stanford research papers on MySQL's business model, currently available for Stanford affiliates only on: https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/cases/detail1.asp?Document_ID=2877 and soon also available at Harvard Business Press. Abstract: MySQL, an open source software firm, grew from a small $10M in ...

I have finished the (B) case sequel of the Stanford research papers on MySQL's business model, currently available for Stanford affiliates only on: https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/cases/detail1.asp?Document_ID=2877 and soon also available at Harvard Business Press. Abstract: MySQL, an open source software firm, grew from a small $10M in ...

Back to Stanford GSB today to attend a class on MySQL, taught by Robert Burgelman, including the (B) case sequel of the already published case I co-authored in 2004.  Marten was a class guest, and, as usual, it was big fun. One thought that I took away was the fact that $50M MySQL has a larger marketing budget than $15B Oracle.  ...

Back to Stanford GSB today to attend a class on MySQL, taught by Robert Burgelman, including the (B) case sequel of the already published case I co-authored in 2004.  Marten was a class guest, and, as usual, it was big fun. One thought that I took away was the fact that $50M MySQL has a larger marketing budget than $15B Oracle.  ...

A good reminder by Tim O'Reilly for managers of open source companies, like myself:  Don't forget what differentiates you from the (non-open source) competition.  What is your source of a sustainable competitive advantage? I share Tim's concern when I look at the largest open source companies RedHat/JBoss and MySQL and ...

A good reminder by Tim O'Reilly for managers of open source companies, like myself:  Don't forget what differentiates you from the (non-open source) competition.  What is your source of a sustainable competitive advantage? I share Tim's concern when I look at the largest open source companies RedHat/JBoss and MySQL and ...