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Open Source != Free

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

No wonder that the customers are confused about what  actually is included in the Open Source business Models.

Crown Peaks Rob Rose at the "Web Content 2007" said …

"Open Source: Free to buy, Cost to customize, cost to support, and cost to  implement upgrades."

(see http://www.slideshare.net/webcontent2007/….)

In my opinion that is definitely not true. Lots of open source software and CMS modules are not free and some open source CMS are not free as well. Open source means that the source code is available. It’s true that often the software can be free, but it is not a rule.

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