According to The Register, CEO of MySQL Marten Mickos has told the vendors and venture capitalists
Open source is not socialism, it’s not a party. Open source is not a business model. Open source is a smarter way to produce the goods and distribute the goods. It doesn’t give you a biz model automatically,” Mickos said.
In fact, I have also argued that Open Source is not Socialism/Communism. I also argued, in response to Dan Farber’s article, that Open Source is not a business model but a platform on which different business models play their game. You can read about it by clicking the links below.
- Open Source: How both capitalists and communists got it wrong
- True Nature of Open Source Debate: Open Source is not a business model, it is a platform
Most of the misunderstanding in the business community occurs because there is lot of spin going on about the true nature of Open Source. It is time to cut out the spin and really understand the nature of open source and how it can be better utilized in the business sector.
