Open Source Business

October 31, 2008

Asterisk awakens open source love in telecom entrepreneur

Filed under: asterisk — Tags: , , , , , — tina @ 8:43 pm

Marc Fribush, a former “Microsoft guy,” is a telecommunications industry entrepreneur who discovered the benefits of open source when he launched a turnkey SAAS telephony business based on Asterisk. “It’s really powerful stuff,” Fribush says. (more…)

October 30, 2008

Linux Today Managing Editor Carla Schroder

Filed under: open source business model — Tags: , , — tina @ 1:15 am

arla Schroder says she just “kind of wandered into” her current life as a free software advocate and well-known IT journalist. “I don’t have much in the way of formal education. But I’ve always been mechanically inclined – your classic ripping things apart and figuring out how they work. I think that makes open source a natural fit for me.” (more…)

October 23, 2008

A business built on open source, virtualization, and clouds

Filed under: open source business model — tina @ 6:42 pm

ReadyTechs provides network support services for companies that don’t want the expense of hiring and caring for their own employees. Now CEO Gerry Libertelli says the company is using Linux virtualization to open a new income stream based on cloud computing. (more…)

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