open source business models

Why you should not build an open source startup

Teambox's post about why you should build an open source startup is doing the rounds right now. It's a great piece, but I thought I'd reply with a few reasons why you might want to think long and hard about it: * Free (as in

Charging for software in the age of web apps

Google was an advertising company. Back in 2005, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber described Google’s business as follows: Google is an advertising companyshould Fast forward to 2009, and Internet advertising is beginning to fail, declining slightly during the first half of the year. Sites like TechCrunch were quick to