BusinessWeek says open source companies are struggling to monetize their products and show growth. But new channel strategies from companies like Compiere — an open source ERP and CRM application provider — could prove BusinessWeek wrong. Here’s why.
The BusinessWeek article makes some valid points about big established companies (Oracle, HP, Intel, IBM, etc.) benefiting more than Red Hat and Novell from Linux-driven hardware, applications and storage sales. And truth be told, there aren’t many pure play open source companies making a ton of money.
However, BusinessWeek overlooked a few key points:
Novell: BusinessWeek says they’re under-performing closed source companies. But Novell has been in transition for years — moving away from its NetWare business, and pushing into the open source, identity management and security markets. Novell’s SUSE Linux business has actually been growing well, though.
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