Re: Where is the profit?

hmmm... so is like gambling for small cash?

If I create a close source application then yes the application it will
never be good as be open source.
And If I also sell service and support then the best is closed app.
Cause I sell my product and I sell mainteance... right?

If an open source is perfect then no mainteance is needed yes?

But nothing is perfect, also if I decide to go opensource then
my app will have a lot of code programmed by unknown programmers
and I lose control on it.
Also I must share my app with other sellers...
The responsability will drop down and buyers need one who is responsable,
they pay for that!.
Yes, maybe I will take care of my buyers but if the programmer
that made me a good piece of code and then It become a preist then I have
only to lose...

do you trust in unknown people?

sorry, but here I see only a black hole.




"Ekkehard Domning" <edo@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d8eft1$lnq$01$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> didi wrote:
> > where is the profit if I build an opensource application?
> Please read
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/
>
> basicly the profit results from installing and maintaining instead of
selling
> software. If You have started a project, You will have a knowlegde return
from
> other users/programmers, which makes Your software better and more stable,
> than You could make it alone. The price is, that You have to share the
market
> with other people, but normally the sell there service to customer You
could
> never reach.
>
> My SerialNG (http://www.domis.de/serialng.htm) component (API wrapper for
> serial interface adapter), is a small example of that strategy. 5000+
> Downloads per Year, and hundreds of feedbacks how to solve problems. So my
> (sold) applications run highly stable and this minimize my personal
overall
> costs significant.
>
> Best regards
> Ekkehard Domning


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