Is software truly open source if you pay for additional features? Youranswer may depend on whether you side with the purists or the, ah,not-so-pure. A recent trend entering the debate involves the ...

Why the threat of lock-in needs to be balanced against the danger of selecting a vendor that can't fund future product evolution A debate has been raging over the popular open core business model that ...

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Open source might be many things, but one thing it’s not is a business model — by most estimations, at least. However, that hasn’t stopped Joseph Jacks and OSS Capital from seeking some of the ...

The history of open source has seen many different approaches to balancing an open source project and generating revenue. Dual licensing, proprietary update systems, membership dues, soliciting ...

In one of our first ZDnet posts a couple years back, we proffered the question of whether open source was becoming the new default business model for enterprise software. It's only been a couple years ...

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Apache Cassandra’s highly scalable, distributed NoSQL database has a lot to offer the modern enterprise burdened by high-volume data. As its popularity and reliance has grown, its open core ...

What is the difference between open source and open core, and is one better for your business than the other? Back in 2013, CMSWire asked a simple question of experts in the field: "Which is better, ...