Providing Commercial Open Source Software: Lessons Learned

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TitleProviding Commercial Open Source Software: Lessons Learned
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsHauge, Øyvind, and Ziemer Sven
Secondary TitleOSS2009: Open Source Ecosystems: Diverse Communities Interacting (IFIP 2.13)
Volume299/2009
Pagination70 - 82
Date Published2009///
PublisherSpringer
ISSN Number978-3-642-02031-5
Abstract

Even though companies like Sun, IBM, MySQL and others have released several commercial Open Source Software (OSS) products, little evidence exist of how to successfully launch such products and establish a living community around them. This paper presents a case study from a small software company succeeding at establishing a business model and a vivid community around their own OSS products. Based on this case study, the paper presents lessons learned which could help other OSS providers.
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02032-2_8
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