Submission + - The Best Presentation on Software Business and OSS
stephe writes: "Brent Williams presented "Open Source Business Models: A Wall Street Look at a Wild 2006 and the Prospects for Even More Fun in 2007" at EclipseCon last Tuesday. Brent is a (temporarily) independent equity research analyst. He starts with a tear down of the Oracle Linux debate and the Microsoft Novell deal. I especially like his tear down of the commoditization myth and his observations around interface standards versus standards of implementation. He graciously allowed me to post the slides (blog entry is here. They're getting a lot of interest from the open source business crowd, but I thought the slashdot crowd would want to see them as well. Enjoy."