<div dir="ltr">I would be happy to participate in such discussion but would you open a full scale company for earning money from a little utility.<br>I don't think it will hold.<br>People today earn money just from writing blogs (though publishing a piece of code and then earn money from blogging about it sounds like as a start of an idea)<br>
The other option (at least as I see it) is not closed source but rather not to publish it at all.<br>Thus everyone will continue writing the same utilities and keep it for themselves.<br><br>Tal.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Ori Idan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ori@helicontech.co.il">ori@helicontech.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I think the question is why not open source?<br>The question is not how you make money from open source, although this is not always obvious, you can see many companies who does make money from open source.<br>
But how do you make money from closed source? this remains a mystery to me.<br>I would be happy to give a talk about it, actually I think it is better to have a discussion about it so it will not be a talk but rather a discussion.<br>
<br>-- <br>Ori Idan<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Tal Abir <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tal.abir@gmail.com" target="_blank">tal.abir@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br>Lets say you wrote a utility that may be useful to others.<br>Why would you open source it?<br>How can you earn money from opening the code and giving it for free?<br>Source forge is making money from hosting your utility, Wikipedia is making money from documenting it, what is left for the developer?<br>
<br>Is there someone who can give a lecture on the subject? <br>Are there more people interested in the subject?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Tal.<br></div>
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