Can competing business models co-exist? Some people have argued that open source will only flourish at the expense of traditional software models.Â
From Seeking Alpha: I came across this article praising IBM for their Open Source initiatives which seem to be working for them. Microsoft Be Warned: IBM Boards the Open Source Software Express. Then this article points out that Microsoft is also doing well and that Vista is partially behind it. Microsoft Reports ‘Blow-Out’ Quarter, Raises Guidance.Â
Maybe there’s not just room for both, but room for both to do very well. It’s even creating dual fanboys out of some people.
The main stream media on the other hand doesn’t seem to be able to make any model work.Â
Arrington writes on Seeking Alpha about the continued demise of media and that some believe the Government may need to step in to help. That’s of course is insane and as I’ve pointed out Journalism isn’t dying, it’s just being displaced.
Of course some, like the Wall Street Journal, are fortifying their defenses and although I never thought I’d hear myself say this, for some newspapers, it may be the right business model.
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