Canadian in America. Founder, Writer, Open Source Advocate, Runner. Ramblings are all mine. So are the mistakes. Working at Microsoft. Again!
Jul 5, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
@jeffborek and @gossmanster regularly argue that Cloud Changes Everything in the open source world. This response needs its own thread. Let's first separate the 'market' from the software. 1/x
In the past 40 years since copyright landed on computer software, we've seen enormous changes in computer hardware technology. PCs, the Internet, cheap servers, the Web, then Mobile, now Cloud, and IoT devices. 2/x
Jul 5, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
For the Open Source Business Model challenged: There are projects and products. Projects have communities. Products have customers. Communities have time and no money. Customers have money and no time. Different conversations. Different metrics. 1/n
There is no conversion rate from community into customer. Early adopting community members are not @geoffreyamoore early adopting customers. Don't make this mistake. 2/n
