Comments on: Automattic’s Open Source Business Model http://www.unexpectedidea.com/automattics-open-source-business-model/ Transform your business by doing things differently Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brendon http://www.unexpectedidea.com/automattics-open-source-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Brendon Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:07:05 +0000 http://www.unexpectedidea.com/?p=169#comment-14 After writing this post I have found out that Microsoft have very recently released a open source blogging tool 'Oxite' - see http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_releases_open_source_blog_platform.php. It is interesting that Microsoft have chosen an open source approach - given that this is not their normal model. However, with the existing open source incumbents in the blogging software market, they likely realized that a license fee model would achieve little market penetration. After writing this post I have found out that Microsoft have very recently released a open source blogging tool ‘Oxite’ – see http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_releases_open_source_blog_platform.php.

It is interesting that Microsoft have chosen an open source approach – given that this is not their normal model. However, with the existing open source incumbents in the blogging software market, they likely realized that a license fee model would achieve little market penetration.

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