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size=2 face=Arial>You can find report on FOSS4G business models on CASCADOSS
website: <A
href="http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=67">http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=67</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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(Spatial Application Division)<BR>Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224<BR>BE-3001
Leuven-Heverlee<BR>Belgium<BR>tel. 0032 16 329731</P>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> marketing-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:marketing-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>daniele.ocu
ocu<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 November 2009 05:03<BR><B>To:</B>
marketing@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Marketing] Question about FOSS4G
Business Models<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Hi all,<BR><BR>A friend of mine at a medium-sized
IT company needs to convince his<BR>company management and finances to invest in
FOSS4G technologies<BR>over the next 5 years. The company presently does a small
part of<BR>its business using FOSS4G tools but is wondering if it should
take<BR>a deeper plunge into the FOSS4G world.<BR><BR>In order to convince the
company management and finance departments, they need<BR>to produce a document
with concrete data about <B>how companies elsewhere in the world<BR>are
profiting, growing, increasing market share and the kind of clients<BR>that they
are catering to</B>. Even company brochures, financial reports<BR>etc. would
help.<BR><BR>The company also wants to consider marketing broad based services
for<BR>SDI using FOSS4G technologies and would like to know market
potential<BR>in other countries and region for SDI related
services.<BR><BR>Since a part of my Master thesis deals with business models
for<BR>FOSS4G, I find their situation interesting and would like to help<BR>them
to take a deeper plunge into the FOSS4G world. In order to help<BR>prepare a
brief report for them including some statistical information<BR>about few of the
bigger players in FOSS4G business.<BR><BR>It would be great if some of the
business leaders in the OSGeo community could<BR>provide me with inputs for the
report. Your input will not only<BR>help me convince them that FOSS4G is worth
it<BR>(I am already convinced, but need some data to support my<BR>claim) but
also help me to understand the business models better.<BR><BR>If you want to
keep your inputs confidential, you are welcome<BR>to contact me off-list (<A
href="http://daniele.ocuATgmail.com">daniele.ocuATgmail.com</A>). Names, names
of companies will be kept<BR>confidential (just call them company A,B,C etc) in
the final report. Once the report is ready<BR>It will be shared it as an open
document under appropriate<BR>CC license, if that is desired.<BR><BR>The report
needs to be ready in three weeks, I look forward<BR>for the inputs.<BR><BR>Thank
you in advance.<BR><BR>Best regards<BR><BR>Daniele</P><BR clear=all><BR>--
<BR>Researcher @ Osaka City University<BR>Graduate School for Creative
Cities<BR><A
href="http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends">http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends</A><BR><BR>"My
interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life
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