[Asterisk-biz] Open Business Plan

[Steve Totaro]

> 
> * Mike Fedyk <mfedyk at mikefedyk.com> [2005-12-15 03:42]:
> > Schneider, Silvio wrote:
> > >
> > >>Business will never quite get the idea of giving away product or
trade
> > >>
> > >secrets without having it be a loss leader.  That's just business,
> plain
> > >and simple.
> > >
> > >So why then is asterisk open source? Think about it and rewire your
> > >braincells.
> 
> > Because the software is the loss-leader...
> 
> Uh, huh. It sound like the high-school arguments against altrusim.
> 
> Q) Why then would a person give their time and money to the poor?
> A) To alliveate their own guilt, thus giving to charity is a purely
>     selfish act.
> 
> Thus, my response is.
> 
> The business case for open source was tacked on long after the fact.
>     If you ask most open source programmers why the source is open,
>     "loss-leader" is not on the tip of their tounge.
> 
> Fine, an open business plan for retail Asterisk is a "loss-leader".
> 
>     I have a cunning plan.
> 
>     I'll leverage the mindshare of technical community and take my
>     upside on the synergisitic innovation that maximizes stakeholder
>     value in a win-win open partner scenario.
> 
> Anyhoo..
> 
> http://engrm.com/wiki/Asterisk/Business_Plan
> 


This may help in your quest.
http://www.experienced-people.co.uk/1016-sample-business-plan/

Good luck!

Thanks,
Steve