Hi all: In the early days the sheer novelty of open source software being free had a certain allure. But actually using it meant dealing with myriad technical...
Hi all: Does anybody know how the Social networking sites are valued ? I mean take a look at FaceBook, MySpace. They are valued in billions of dollars. What is...
... Well Saifi, they are of great value because they have millions of users. Sure an OS social networking site is a good idea. But what exactly do we want the...
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Saifi, The general parameters for Social Network valuation are: 1. Number of Unique Visitors per Month 2. Number of Repeat Visits per Month/Week/Day 3. Average...
Hi all: Amazon has a $100,000 challenge for all entrepreneurs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build...
Good question. And very insightful response by Zubin. Advertisements surely mean direct money. So, more the advertisements and wealthier the eyeballs that see...
Hi all: Some of you may have already seen these slides. Brent C. Williams, spoke at the Eclipse DevConf about Open Source Business Models. Here is one slide...
Hi Namita! Parameter No. 4 in my response correlates with your point about social networks and their associated "social graphs" giving major insight into a ...
Hi Zubin, (Yes, I missed point 4 in your list.) ... OpenSource does not mean everybody works for free. It completely depends on the approach taken by the...
Hi Namita, Thanks for the clarifications! I am well aware of the "professional Open Source" paradigm that RedHat/JBoss/Alfresco/MySQL successfully practice. ...
Hi Zubin, I may not be able to cite examples of successful (or failed) OpenSource consumer services. Maybe there are none. However, that should not be the...
... This is surely going to be an interesting case study. The comments to the article too have some interesting links. Namita P.S. Dont miss the Facebook song...
Hi Saifi, Answering your question, any business is valued in terms of its existing revenue and its future potential, thats the most basic principle, but then...
Hi, Just some thoughts came to my mind. Today if we switch on TV we see many categorized TV channels. But there is no channel who just talk about technology,...
Hi all: SUN Microsystems is acquiring MySQL AB, Sweden, the developers of Open Source MySQL database. Technically, this means - . MySQL will be optimized for...
Hi all: Nokia is acquiring Trolltech in an all cash deal. Last week we had the SUN - MySQL news. Legal ... One thing that is common among both MySQL and...
Hi all: Some of you may already have seen this news, MSFT offers, $ 44.8Bn for Yahoo ! http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080201/microsoft_yahoo.html thanks Saifi....
Hi all: interesting interview of Rehan from Indian Angel Network. http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/jan/30rehan.htm Take a look at the IAN website ...
... Hi Nanda: Thanks for the fantastic explanation that you wrote. Yes, i agree that 'intelligence online' is a good opportunity. Is there a connection between...
... Is it because of lack of audience ? What happens to a channel that shows tech discussions and events 24 hrs ? I mean animal planet is a 24 hrs channel, ...
How in the world would ever make any money to sustain itself. I know: tech job postings and mass interviews by sms. Hehehehe -- -Suman http://www.zerocaffe.in...
Depends on the definition of "Tech" really. G4/TechTV covered everything from Gadgets, Video Games, Development, Consumer software troubleshooting, tips and...
Hi: AMD has an interesting writeup on 'The greatest thing since ...' http://breakfree.amd.com/slicedbread/ Bottomline: Open, Competitive markets give all the...
Yes, Open Source has certainly been a channel for software innovation. However, I am still generally disappointed with the last 5 years of the OSS movement. ...
... MySQL for example is dual-licensed precisely for this reason ! The point is: a developer making a contribution say for clustering feature can ask why (s)he...
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