What Is Hot In Open Source? (weekly)

• Seeking Profit in Open-Source Search Software – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

  tags: opensource, businessmodels, search, lucene, lucid, 2010, january, analysis, startups

  • This setup has a boil-in-the-bag flavor because the software has already done the hard part: it found a devoted audience. All the entrepreneurs have to do is try to cash in on that proven popularity through support contracts and some marketing polish.

• 11 open source business models | Open Source | ZDNet.com

  tags: opensource, businessmodels

• The case in favor of the open source enterprise database | IT Systems News – Betanews

  tags: opensource, enterprise, enterpriseit

  • One might argue that MySQL (ignoring the pending acquisition for a moment) is already mainstream, that the database has been commoditized, and there is a viable open source alternative to the dominant vendor. Not so. MySQL never challenged a major enterprise DBMS — nor did it try to. The success of MySQL stems from the fact that it filled a market need that was largely being ignored by commercial vendors.

    The low-end, low-cost database market had no incumbent, and MySQL quickly filled the void giving developers a quick and easy tool for quickly creating Web-based applications that were easy to deploy and to administer. MySQL is developer-friendly and is geared for programmers who typically build client-rich applications using Ajax, PHP, or Perl.

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