“So if open source is cannibalizing the commercial software markets, it’s all smooth sailing for those who commercialize open source, right? Well, not exactly. In order to monetize an otherwise free and open source software product, vendors have been forced… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“In other words, some of the biggest software firms aren’t considered software firms because they’re making money with software, not from it. Their software isn’t the commercial asset, but merely an enabler to an alternative business model.” — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“Developers are the most-important, most-valuable constituency in business today, regardless of industry. Technologists newly empowered with tools, hyper-connected via specialized collaboration and communication networks,… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“full stack startups are those whose focus extends to each layer necessary to deliver the desired user experience.” — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“The fact is that the majority of software businesses today are leaving money on the table by focusing strictly on the production and delivery… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“Given two technologies, the one that’s easier to obtain, configure, and use will usually be the one that wins. Convenience trumps features — even… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“The ascendance of open source is not altruistic; it’s simply good business for contributors and consumers alike. But the reason it’s good business is… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“With the cost of development down by an order of magnitude or more, the throttle on developer creativity has been removed, setting the stage… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“Open core/hybrid source Probably the most common model today, open core describes an open source project that is partially, even mostly, open source, but… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“As such, the company’s value from a technology perspective isn’t software, strictly speaking, but rather outsourced effort. Any business can download and run software… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“So if open source is cannibalizing the commercial software markets, it’s all smooth sailing for those who commercialize open source, right? Well, not exactly.… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“By combining software with another, more readily monetized product — services, in this case — Amazon is able to efficiently extract profit from a… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“It is a paradox that the economic value of software is falling even as its strategic value rises, and paradoxes are by definition challenging… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
“There are many potential explanations for the less-than-robust performance, but IBM’s current strategy suggests that one component at least is a challenge to the… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
