Open ERP

ZDNet's Dana Blakehorn posted an interesting article in ZDNet where he talks about ways companies can monetize open source code.

In a recent Slashdot article he cited, an executive of an open source company wonders if a business model around open source is an essentially flawed model as other open source projects produce free versions of the same extensions and utilities that they offer around their code.

The VAR Guy has another interesting post about a vendor in the US specializing in helping Universities implement Open Source ERP Kuali. According to the post, "universities [were growing] frustrated with traditional closed-source systems. In some cases, the universities wanted to make and share software modifications - but their software licensing agreements prevented them to do so. In other cases, colleges grew frustrated with high fees for bug fixes and maintenance releases."

The VAR Guy has posted in his blog a survey of open source companies which are focused on growth via channels such as VARs, solutions providers and managed service providers.

At last our blog is online! Welcome to the ComUnion Open ERP Development Blog. Hope to post more about the project, the community, and more here soon!

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