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Grant Ingersoll, founder and CEO of [https://lucidworks.com/company/ Lucidworks], talks about [https://opensource.com/business/15/5/3-lessons-running-open-source-company 3 big lessons I learned from running an open source company], and then continues with a new "Open Founders" column [https://opensource.com/business/16/2/open-founder Let's talk about how to build a business with open source] <ref>Posted 17 Feb 2016 by Grant Ingersoll</ref> [https://opensource.com/business/16/4/refactoring-open-source-business-models Refactoring open source business models] <ref>20 Apr 2016 by Grant Ingersoll</ref>
== Business Model ==
It's been a while since the Internet began, and the first companies took the lead, then there was the Internet bubble, and now the landscape is much different than it was in the 90's or even the first decade of the new millenium. More than halfway through the second decade of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, what can we say about the success of the Free Software movement and about the companies, businesses, political environments, communities or coops that have succeeded in pushing free technology forward while also succeeding in delivering capabilities that at least sustain the ecosystem financially?
As an aside, it's still funny to hear people claim that "Open Source is not a business model" because '''it never was'''! Open Source is a development model.
InfoWorld says: "[http://www.infoworld.com/article/3032647/open-source-tools/face-it-theres-no-money-in-open-source.html Face it: There's no money in open source]"
Apprenda CEO Sinclair Schuller
[http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/09/the-money-in-open-source-software/ The Money In Open-Source Software] <ref>Feb 9, 2016 by Max Schireson , Dharmesh Thakker</ref>
How does the License Choice affect your business model and success?
https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/battery1.png?w=297&h=193
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