Comments on: Very Briefly This Morning http://gigaom.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Max Niederhofern http://gigaom.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99889 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99889 “…has anyone turned a profit so far on this open source thing.”

MySQL seems to be doing well with the dual license strategy. LJ could be termed a “profit” in terms of return on investment. Some of the enterprise app companies developing their products on SF.net seem to be doing alright.

I think the answer hinges on what you think is “open source”… GNU GPL? Then no, no one’s making any money from that.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99890 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99890 Is reducing R&D ever a good idea? That it is too high a percentage of your revenue says to me that your sales and marketing need work, not that you are spending too much on R&D . . .

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99891 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/13/very-briefly-this-morning/#comment-99891 Yup… that’s a clear sign that some things are not working. however i think nokia is trying to tweak its business model and is a company in transition so to speak. R&D i think is a good thing. Look at Qualcomm and TI – they never cut R&D but everything else is fair game for slashing

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