Open Source Business

November 12, 2007

Open source entrepreneur turns his hobby into an Inc. 500 enterprise

iFAX, a commercial company that is built on open source fax server software HylaFAX, was recently included in Inc. Magazine’s 2007 list of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the United States. iFAX founder Darren Nickerson says one of the keys to iFAX’s success has been its commitment to the open source community behind HylaFAX. “Our success is tied to the openness of the software.” (more…)

November 11, 2007

Community is top priority in monetizing open source Openads

Openads, formerly known as phpAdsNew, is one of the more successful open source development projects. Its online advertising software is used by many thousands of domain owners who want to make a profit on their Web content by selling advertisements. Scott Switzer, the project leader, recently went commercial with the project, securing $5 million in venture capital and a new CEO straight from Skype. The key to the company’s success? “I have really seen the value in what a community can give to a software project,” he says. (more…)

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