Commercial open source, the future state
In preparation for my upcoming OSBC session, “Open-Core Licensing: The New Business Model Standard for Commercial Software,” I dug through some old presentations to try to figure out how monetization efforts have changed in commercial open-source companies.
Ultimately, revenue from open source boils down to understanding buyer types, as described by former MySQL CEO and current Sun Senior Vice President Marten Mickos starting all the way back in 2005.
Marten described the buyer market for open-source solutions as:
1. Those who spend time to save money
2. Those who spend money to save time
Commercial open source, the future state | Software, Interrupted – CNET News
Popularity: 23% [?]