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Ask Slashdot: Viable Open Source Models For Early Startups? 203

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 08, 2012 @05:56PM from the what's-the-mojo-kenneth? dept.

New submitter rchoetzlein writes "I am a software developer working independently for five years on various projects, and preparing to go public with my first product. Everyone is telling me I should make it open source. I would love to, but I just don't see how an early startup can afford to become profitable on service alone. My projects are no longer small-scale hobbies, they are large frameworks, and I need to make a living. Any ideas on business models that would allow me to open source while guaranteeing I can feed myself?"

Comment I hate wide sites... (Score 0, Troll) 109

by leipold on Thursday May 21, 2009 @03:11PM (#28044151) Attached to: US Federal Government Launches Data.gov

...and this one needs a browser window at least 1024 pixels wide. And if you use large fonts (some of us have bad eyes) the layout breaks.

Three cheers for accessibility!

Comment Some prior art... (Score 2, Informative) 191

by leipold on Thursday January 29, 2009 @10:51AM (#26653151) Attached to: Smart Robot Capable of Hunting For Its Own "Food"

...from back in 2001 was UWE's Slugbot, which was supposed to 'live off the land' by finding and digesting agricultural pests:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2001/10/47156

Comment Re: Microwave oven (Score 1) 624

by leipold on Saturday January 08, 2005 @02:25PM (#11297932) Attached to: Top 25 Innovations of the Past 25 Years

Yes, indeed. The microwave oven has changed the structure of our civilization.

Do you remember how long it takes to cook without a microwave? With a microwave, you can have two full-time workers in a family and still cook dinner every night. One of the secondary consequences is the rise of full-day daycare and kindergarten.

Whether these social trends are good or bad is left as an exercise for the student.

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