Software start-ups feel the pinch

Sevice companies will consolidate.: Which would a company prefer, services on a single product from a small staff or services on a range of products from a large staff?

Open source, encumbered source if you like, encourages this kind of consolidation. When your main product, the software, has limited value, the company will never be wealthy. (even the open sourcers agree the model can't produce large, $ billion companies.)

So, combining a lot of little revenue streams for individual software products to a larger revenue stream from services on a range of software products has obvious advantages.

Won't be long before we see Open Source Services Ltd.; Posted by: Anton Philidor Posted on: 01/12/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Cheaper than IBM... Anton Philidor | 01/12/06

Too cheap??? No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/06

A race to the bottom??? No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/06

The price of innovation. Anton Philidor | 01/12/06

So True voska | 01/12/06

I agree completely... No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/06

Isn't voice command the start? Anton Philidor | 01/12/06

2 years or less... jheine | 01/12/06

Shoved out of the market? Anton Philidor | 01/12/06

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