Comments on PrimeBase XT: Welcome Ronald! Great to have you on board!

Hi Yiqing,Yup, it is confusing! You are right. Wit...

2009-03-16T12:06:00.000+01:00

Hi Yiqing,

Yup, it is confusing! You are right. With open source you can find fame, but not fortune.

There is no way to make money out of something that is free. It is a simple as that!

However, in the case of GPL (the open source license used by PBXT), the software it is not completely free. It is only free for applications that are also open source.

So commercial, closed source applications, require a commercial license. This is one way for us to make money.

Another way is by providing support and engineering capacities in the areas in which we are experts (for example, MySQL systems programming).

Best regards,

Paul

Hi Paul,I am just a student confused by Open sourc...

2009-03-16T11:46:00.000+01:00

Hi Paul,
I am just a student confused by Open source software business model. since you are trying to make all primebase software free and open, how do you and your collegues live by? where does the profit come from? Does PrimeBase Inc. provide other kinds of service and software maintance? Or something else? I am totally confused.

Thank you!

Hi Anon,No, Ronald is no longer working for PrimeB...

2008-11-10T15:34:00.000+01:00

Hi Anon,

No, Ronald is no longer working for PrimeBase.

He is now principal of 42SQL in New York: http://42sql.com.

Best regards,

Paul

Is Ronald no longer working for PrimeBase?

2008-11-10T15:10:00.000+01:00

Is Ronald no longer working for PrimeBase?