Hybrids
They can save money and increase efficiency, but in this case I am not talking about the increasingly popular hybrid automobiles. I am talking about a hybrid model of open source and other services. There is a growing group of companies that offer open source solutions bundled to meet certain industries needs and expectations. In this case I am referring to products that are more likely found in the tech and software field, but there are open source designs of miscellaneous products that could offer the same benefits. Hybrid models allow companies to support and distribute open source products and offer additional services, some examples that spring to mind are the Novell Linux distribution SUSE and the other is the customer relation management software SugarCRM. Both of the companies offer support for products that offer the benefits of open source such as customizability, cheaper and quicker development, as well as increased security. They sell products developed with the open source model but add additional value through packaging, distribution, and technical support. There is a large opportunity to push open source into the mainstream with the help of these types of companies and with other supporters of open source such as Sun Microsystems. For more info on this topic check out this link.
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Posted by: automotion
Posted on: April 20, 2006 08:13 AM
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