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		<title>Some Thoughts on GPL Business Models</title>
		<description>Discuss Some Thoughts on GPL Business Models</description>
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			<title>anderson says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/some-thoughts-on-gpl-business-models/#comment-8868</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, you share very good news about business opportunities. keep it up]]></description>
			<dc:creator>anderson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Moving upmarket</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/some-thoughts-on-gpl-business-models/#comment-5345</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, reading your Business opportunity in the Joomla world I happened to re-read this post. I agree with you that moving upmarket is an interesting option, and ZEA is walking this path from a while, now. I am used to cope with medium to large companies, and despite they would move to open source CMS they hesitate, because there is a lack of players able to deliver enterprise support. There is a need, is a matter of fact, nevertheless is not trivial to set up a corporate actor from scratch, consortia are definitely not an easy game to play.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Roberto Galoppini</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Burge says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi Roberto Thanks for the interesting comments here and on your blog. I think that the Joomla core have taken the most straightforward business model off the market (buy it, download it) and so people aiming to follow the strict GPL model are going to need to experiment with some of these alternate models such as alliances, tech clubs and reverse auctions. None of these are easy or well-tested money makers so I think we're most likely to seem the adopted by new market entrants. Other models people will take include: 1) Move upmarket and use GPL components simply to attract wealthy clients. 2) Keep on business as before, claiming a different legal interpretation of the GPL 3) Forums as the best way to handle subscriptions and support.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steve Burge</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Marketplaces, Alliances and Technological Clubs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, there is plenty of choice, in my opinion, to find alternative ways to make money from Joomla extensions. Nonetheless, any of them require some work to be done, no free meal unfortunately. I am really willing to help the process, but I am not a Joomla! developer neither a community member, I am just a "foreigner". Do you like the idea of a a vertical marketplace? Just in case I believe that SourceForge might be the place where to go. Wondering about the Alliance thing? It took some time to make it start with ZEA here in Europe, and Paul Everitt invested much of his time doing it, you would need someone willing to play that role, I guess. Technological clubs, are also an option, but collecting needs could be cumbersome. Reverse auctions could also help, in this respect.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Roberto Galoppini</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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