Posts Tagged ‘Software Business’

How does the open source software business model works for company like google? How would they earn money other than releasing their own hardware products that works only with their particular software…

Novell is reportedly in talks with VMware to sell off its Linux software business. – Just weeks after signing a deal to make VMware an even bigger Linux partner than it had been to date, Novell is reportedly considering selling off its Linux business to VMware.
According to the Wall Street Journal,
Novell is in “advanced talks” with at least two buyers, one of which is
VMware, wh…

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i want to use linux OS and other open source software in my business?

I’m part of the development of a Medium sized Manufacturing company and I’ve been given the task of recommending either open or closed source software for our business needs. I know what each type of software is, but I don’t know enough about them to make an educated recommendation. Can anyone out there help?

How do the developers get paid if nobody buys the software, just get it free, and that too with source code? I can understand it about amateur software developers. But I recently heard that Sun is coming out with Open Source Unix this year. How will they profit from this? If not, how will they survive?