9. More Information

There is a discussion forum and part two of this model at: http://www.pentaho.org/beekeeper

email: beekeeper@pentaho.org

Reference Material and External References to the Beekeeper Model

The Beekeeper
Paul Ramsey, The Open Planning Project
http://theopenplanningproject.org/2009/03/the-beekeeper/

Open Source Business Models: the Beekeeper model
Roberto Galoppini
http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/23/open-source-business-models-the-beekeeper-model/

Applying the Bee Keeper model beyond captive open source projects
Matthew Aslett, 451 Group
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/20/applying-the-bee-keeper-model-beyond-captive-open-source-
projects/

Overheard: The beekeeper model and open source software
Margaret Rouse, IT Knowledge Exchange
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-the-beekeeper-model-and-open-source-software/

The Bee Keeper analogy as an explanation of professional FOSS
Martin Michlmayr, foss bazaar
https://fossbazaar.org/content/bee-keeper-analogy-explanation-professional-foss

Bee Keepers, the Chasm & Open Source
Michael Grove, CollabWorks
http://blog.collabworks.com/openit_blogs/2007/09/bee-keepers-the.html

Making Money With Open Source, Part 1: Turning Users Into Buyers
Dominic Sartorio and Bernard Golden, Linux Insider
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/61083.html

Commercial Open Source Support
Recombinant – Healthcare Data Warehouse
http://www.recomdata.com/www/services_commercial.html

Take Care of Your Bees
Michael Grove, Open IT Works
http://opensolutionsalliance.org/osa/osaalert(nov07)-grove.html?command=Default&siteId=2&tabId=32&pageId=100

Penguins, Bees, Cathedrals and Wikis
Dick Selwood, Embedded Technology Journal
http://www.embeddedtechjournal.com/articles_2009/20090224_opensource.htm

Open Source is Not a Business Model
451 Group
http://www.the451group.com/caos/caos_detail.php?icid=694

Martin, Open Source or Not?
http://opensourceornot.blogspot.com/2007/05/dancing-with-professional-open-source.html

FOSS GIS in Local Government
Nico Elma, GIS Global Image Ltd
http://www.globalimage.co.za/Documents/GIS%20Global%20Image%20presentation%20FOSS%20GIS%20in
%20Local%20Government%20FOSS4G%202008.pdf

RESILIENCE OF PROFESSIONAL OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEMS
Wynn (University of Dayton), et al
http://is2.lse.ac.uk/asp/aspecis/20080123.pdf

Government Open Source Software Resource Center
http://www.gossrc.org/articles

Open Source Week in Review
Mark Hinkle, Socialized Software
http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/06/22/links-open-source-week-in-review/

Commercial Open Source
Martin P, Inflection Technologies
http://inflection-technologies.com/PACSFerret/?p=12

Open Source Software Engineering
G. Sivakumar, ITT Bombay
http://oss-conference.in/userfiles/file/GShivakumar_IITBombay_CII_FOSS.pdf

Open Source
The IT Bureau
http://www.theitbureau.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=268&Itemid=68

The apiarist’s dilemma
Matthew Aslett, 451 Group
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/07/28/the-apiarists-dilemma/

The Economics of Open Source
Chris Katz et al, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/180/teams/t3/documents/economics.ppt

Open Source Methodology: Software Engineering Principles
Dr Pretra Malik, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand
http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/courses/COMP301/2008T1/lectures/COMP301_FOSSM_2008.pdf

A Review of New Framework for Low Cost ERP System using Open Source Software
Baharum ( Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. ) et al
http://repository.gunadarma.ac.id:8000/iiWAS2007_527-533_1159.pdf

Open Source Business Strategy: Feedback on the Beekeeper Model Revisited
Roberto Galoppini
http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/04/11/open-source-business-strategy-feedback-on-the-beekeeper-model-revisited

The Sharecropper Model for Commercial Open Source
Tarus Balog, OpenNMS blog
http://blogs.opennms.org/?p=764

Open Source Race to Zero May Destroy Software Industry
Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/04/02/open-source-race-to-zero-may-destroy-software-industry/

The past, present, and future of VC investment in open source
Matthew Aslett, 451 Group
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/04/08/the-past-present-and-future-of-vc-investment-in-open-source/

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