[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Question about FOSS4G Business Models

[miblon]

Hello Daniele,

Thank you for mentioning the LinkedIn GIS group in your report! I spend 
a lot of personal effort keeping this group active and alive and see you 
mentioning it as a recognition for my work ;-)

Kind regards,

Milo van der Linden

daniele.ocu ocu wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to thank you very much for your answers and ideas to the 
> email I sent asking about the FOSS4G Business models.
>
> As promised in the, I have produced a brief report about what was 
> discussed during the conversation on the topic.
>
> The report is available in the following link:
>
> http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends/?q=node/bus
>
> regards,
>
> Daniele
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM, daniele.ocu ocu 
> <daniele.ocu at gmail.com <mailto:daniele.ocu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     A friend of mine at a medium-sized IT company in Japan needs to
>     convince his
>     company management and finances to invest in FOSS4G technologies
>     over the next 5 years. The company presently does a small part of
>     its business using FOSS4G tools but is wondering if it should take
>     a deeper plunge into the FOSS4G world.
>
>     In order to convince the company management and finance
>     departments, they need
>     to produce a document with concrete data about *how companies
>     elsewhere in the world
>     are profiting, growing, increasing market share and the kind of
>     clients
>     that they are catering to*. Even company brochures, financial reports
>     etc. would help.
>
>     The company also wants to consider marketing broad based services for
>     SDI using FOSS4G technologies and would like to know market potential
>     in other countries and region for SDI related services.
>
>     Since a part of my Master thesis deals with business models for
>     FOSS4G, I find their situation interesting and would like to help
>     them to take a deeper plunge into the FOSS4G world. In order to help
>     prepare a brief report for them including some statistical information
>     about few of the bigger players in FOSS4G business.
>
>     It would be great if some of the business leaders in the OSGeo
>     community could
>     provide me with inputs for the report. Your input will not only
>     help me convince them that FOSS4G is worth it
>     (I am already convinced, but need some data to support my
>     claim) but also help me to understand the business models better.
>
>     If you want to keep your inputs confidential, you are welcome
>     to contact me off-list (daniele.ocuATgmail.com
>     <http://daniele.ocuATgmail.com>). Names, names of companies will
>     be kept
>     confidential (just call them company A,B,C etc) in the final
>     report. Once the report is ready
>     It will be shared it as an open document under appropriate
>     CC license, if that is desired.
>
>     The report needs to be ready in three weeks, I look forward
>     for the inputs.
>
>     Thank you in advance.
>
>     Best regards
>
>     Daniele
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Researcher @ Osaka City University
>     Graduate School for Creative Cities
>     http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends
>
>     "My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest
>     of my life there."
>     — Charles F. Kettering
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Researcher @ Osaka City University
> Graduate School for Creative Cities
> http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends
>
> "My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of 
> my life there."
> — Charles F. Kettering
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