From: "Stephen Maudsley" <Stephen.Maudsley@esgem.com>
Subject: Re: Pratt & Whitney's Embedded Software - CMM Level 3!
Date: 1999/04/22
Date: 1999-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7fnjv5$bo2$2@plutonium.btinternet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: p4waew0y94u.fsf@panix7.panix.com
Jim Kingdon <kingdon@panix7.panix.com> wrote in message
news:p4waew0y94u.fsf@panix7.panix.com...
> > Its pretty much a conglomerate of stuff that is by its very nature
> > multi-user/multi-platform and typically calls for a lot of custom
> > support and hand-holding.
>
> Well, that might be an argument for open source rather than an
> argument against it. The big problem with trying to sell open source
> software via support contracts is that most users don't really
> need/want the support. But if the nature of the product is that most
> users will need some customization and help, then that particular
> problem isn't as bad (now, it isn't really the way to get massive
> numbers of sites using it, but it might work out for sites which want
> to deal with this).
>
> For an example of this business model, see
> http://www.onshore-timesheet.com/ - this used to be a non-open-source
> product but they made it open source because they figured most of the
> money was for the customization and other services rather than the
> license anyway. Or http://www.zope.org/ is perhaps a better example
> (in which it was, interestingly, the venture capitalists who decided
> on open source when the technical people in the startup had been
> scared to take the plunge). Too early to tell whether this will be a
> financial success for onShore or the Zope guys, but it strikes me as a
> workable model.
We may well go for an Open Source product release later this year for
much the same reason - we're still quite a small company dealing with
some large manufacturers and Open Source makes them much happier to deal
with us. The financial relationship will be much the same with or
without it and I have good sight of where the codes will go.
--
Stephen Maudsley mailto:Stephen.Maudsley@esgem.com
Esgem Limited: embedded system design http://www.esgem.com
Tel: +44-1453-521626 Mobile: +44-370-810991
Personal pages: http://www.esgem.com/people/Stephen.Maudsley
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1999-04-19 0:00 ` Pratt & Whitney's Embedded Software - CMM Level 3! Mike_jr
1999-04-19 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-19 0:00 ` Bruce L
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Stephen Maudsley
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-20 0:00 ` "Paul E. Bennett"
1999-04-20 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Ken
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1999-04-22 0:00 ` mike
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-22 0:00 ` William P.Milam
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-23 0:00 ` William P.Milam
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Philip Koopman
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-29 0:00 ` William P.Milam
[not found] ` <372A354F.F3539E74@mindspring.com>
1999-05-13 0:00 ` Matrix X Code Generation (Was Re: Pratt & Whitney's Embedded Software - CMM Level 3!) Mark Bennison
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Pratt & Whitney's Embedded Software - CMM Level 3! Marin David Condic
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Stephen Maudsley [this message]
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Stephen Maudsley
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Ken Keys
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Dino Gianisis
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Stephen Maudsley
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Frank McKenney
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Ken
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Ken
1999-04-23 0:00 harbaugh
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
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