Open Source Business Models Become More Attractive
The news that Kenneth Bosung had joined OpenGeo as senior VP might have seemed like little more than a glorified press release to some. But there was an interesting twist there - Bosung had spent his entire career thus far with proprietary software companies.
Now, Bosung has joined an open-source middleware provider.
"I certainly sold against open source companies," Bosung said in a telephone interview, "saying that's not a really good alternative."
His opinion on that has changed, needless to say.
In talking to Bosung, two things struck me: First, that companies based on open source can have a solid business model as attractive to prospective employees as any proprietary company, and second, that companies based on open source can provide a financial foundation that can support other, more altruistic portions of the enterprise.
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