From: Serhat Ayan (serhat@ayan.org)
Date: Sun 17 Oct 2004 - 23:51:26 EEST
Bir suredir yurt icin ve yurt disinda katildigim linux temelli toplantilarda
surekli bu konu ortaya atiliyor. Linux acik kaynak kodu yine IBM, HP, Novell
gibi buyuk firmalarin daha cok para kazanmasina yariyor deniyor. Dernegin bu
konudaki yaklasimini merak ediyorum.
Asagidaki yazi bugun dailynews.Yahoo adresinde yayimlandi. Hepimize bir yol
acar diye dusunuyorum
Sanirim gerek konum gerekse piyasa konumu itibariyla bu konuyu en
entelektuel duzelde tartisabilecek ulk ve topluluk burasi
Saygilarimla
Serhat Ayan
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Who's Profiting from Open Source?
Russell Shaw, www.enterprise-linux-it.com
IBM (NYSE: IBM - news), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) and other
technology companies recently "donated" portions of their software to the
open-source community. But those donations are not motivated by corporate
generosity; there are tactics and strategies behind these moves.
"Vendors will use open source as a competitive weapon, by open-sourcing
pieces of technologies for strategic reasons," David Smith, a vice-president
at Gartner, told NewsFactor.
"Most vendors will use open-source tactics as needed, as part of overall
software strategies. Few will have completely open-source oriented
strategies."
Self-Serving Motives?
In an effort to gain credibility as vendors that can accommodate open-source
systems, suppliers must contribute something of value -- something that is
not seen as self-serving, says Dan Kusnetzky, program vice-president of
system software for IDC.
"If, for example, IBM merely contributed code necessary to allow Linux (news
- web sites) to run on their zSeries, that might be seen as self-serving and
not really helpful to the community as a whole," Kusnetzky told NewsFactor.
Collaborative approaches with other suppliers can even lower developmental
costs of systems that incorporate some open-source formulas.
"Suppliers are being very smart," Kusnetzky adds. "Supporting a world-class
Unix (news - web sites) typically costs a supplier upwards of US$100 million
a year. Sharing this cost with others in the industry can significantly
reduce the supplier's engineering costs."
Me-First Strategy
As publicly traded companies with a mandate to focus on the bottom line,
large, sophisticated vendors see virtue in some open-source products, but
that does not mean they are turning into altruistic organizations with no
concern for the bottom line.
They will "cherry pick what aids and abets them, doesn't detract from their
revenue, and hurts their competitors," Dana Gardner, senior analyst for
application infrastructure and software programs for the Yankee Group, told
NewsFactor. "So far, though, their donations have been rather spotty and
insignificant."
In terms of competitive advantage, "we will see vendors continue to push
open-source business models on competitors whose profits depend on
commercial-software businesses," says Gartner's Smith.
Turn the Corner
The Yankee Group's Gardner believes that at some point the major suppliers
will see the need to turn the corner and recognize that an open-source
development approach will save them money. "At that point, they will need to
cultivate the open-source community with more than just gestures," he said.
Tangible momentum toward "cultivation" is, of course, subjective. "What
would be a telling indicator," says Gardner, "is if Solaris 10 becomes truly
open source, with a GPL license. A variant of that license that is not quite
as open, however, would show that Sun is still being selective."
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