Beekeeper Model for Commercial Open Source (V2 draft 2)
Thanks to all the feedback so far. Click here to download. I have folded in ideas from
- Doug Moran, Julian Hyde, Jem Matzen.
- Roberto Galoppini: http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/04/11/open-source-business-strategy-feedback-on-the-beekeeper-model-revisited/
- Tarus Balog, OpenNMS: http://blogs.opennms.org/?p=764
- Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/04/02/open-source-race-to-zero-may-destroy-software-industry
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GroundWork Blog » Blog Archive » The Open Source Honey Blender
April 25, 2009 at 1:23 am
James,
I’ve added another variant called the Honey Blender, which is really the model GroundWork follows.
My initial sketch can be found here:
http://www.groundworkopensource.com/blog/?p=132
David Dennis
April 25, 2009 at 1:29 am