Le modèle économique de l’Open source en question

Article Open Source: The Model Is Broken (sur BusinessWeek) :

The open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors
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Consider Sun MicroSystems’ (JAVA) $1 billion acquisition of open-source database software vendor MySQL. With it came great code, but little revenue for the acquiring company. MySQL does provide the perceived value of choice and some open-source “cred” for Sun, but unless it adds significant value on top of the open-source project, I don’t see how Sun will ever generate enough revenue to make this a profitable transaction.
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