So today I'm browsing around looking for miscellaneous things to read on this "lazy" Sunday afternoon. Since I'm stepping into the role as the new CTO of PathScale I thought I should at least spend some more time looking into open source business models. That's when someone pointed me at Open Source Is Not a Business Model (CAOS 9) . Being curious as I am I thought I'd try to get more opinions or feedback on this case study.. Half way down a quick google search I noticed there was a 71 page PDF. Well thanks to Microsoft [1] the 451 Group's article is free for the whole world?
I'm not sure if Microsoft has a special place in their heart for open source business models, but gosh I could only hope they make this as freely accessible to their management. Which begs another question.. What is Microsoft's view on copyright infringement?
"Authorized Reproduction: Public reproduction or republication — including citations from
analysts’ reports — of the Group’s material(s) is forbidden, except with the expressed written
permission of the Group. To inquire about authorized reproduction, individual named users
should contact their respective account manager(s)."
[1] I'll be letting the copyright owner know about this and if in fact it's not supposed to be publicly available the link will probably be removed.
