Re: [ossig] Business Model

["lks" <lks@webpres.com.my>]

CY used to have a shop at the Pyramid, but i think the sales cannot sustain
the rent, so he moved. There's also another across Pyramid, at the Mentari
business park, forgot the shop name, but the guy used to go by the name,
wolf.

> On 30 Dec 2002 at 15:16, Dinesh Nair wrote:
>
> > > Somehow, OSS for the end user seems to be a little hard to drive in.
> > > After all, these end users (the home users) can pick up a pirated copy
> >
> > but OSS for the SMI/SME market is where it's at. i think it's large
enough
> > that another effort to complement cy lan's shouldnt be discouraged.
think
> > of all this family run businesses which can't afford a 4-way compaq
> > server, but want the power of linux.
>
> Its those folk, the SMI/SME's, the schools (if someone can win a
> contract, whoa!), even businesses waiting on a hardware upgrade, for
> a OSS business to come in and tell them that they're fine with the
> current hardware, and some OSS software.
>
> Nonetheless, talking to CY Lan about how the market is, and if he's
> willing to divulge more information about his successes and failures,
> it would be helpful in starting an OSS-based business.
>
> --
> Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
> http://www.bytebot.net/
>
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