From: Akib S. <aki...@gm...> - 2011-10-25 15:41:13
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Can we have all product range of Range Networks. it will be more helpful for people who are thinking to deploy OpenBTS commercially. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:45 PM, David A. Burgess <dbu...@jc...> wrote: > > The normal opens ource model works OK for systems where a single customer > needs only a few copies of the application. It does not work, though, when > the market is dominated by a relatively small number of customers, each > needing many, many running copies. If you can not find a way to demand > value for every copy, then you are essentially giving your work away for > free, often to large corporations. The development model that you are > trying to pursue here works well for small consulting companies, but it does > not scale, and if you really want to supply carrier hardware in volume, you > need a model that scales. And we *are* developing monitoring and management > tools, in cooperation with our customers, but in our model we release > *those* to our customers under GPL, not the BTS itself, because to real > commercial customers, hacking the BTS itself is not interesting but being > able to customize the management tools is very useful. > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Alexander Chemeris wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:26, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) > > <li...@in...> wrote: > >> p.s. Ask for different opensource business model, against feature > >> discrimination, everything in-opensource with a dual-licensed approach > >> (like http://pjsip.org). > > > > Open Core model works, but the split between open and closed is a very > > delicate question. IMHO current split in OpenBTS is wrong, but I hope > > the balance will be found at some point. The good balance opens > > everything a community may need while keeping private things that > > corporations need. E.g. keeping GPRS implementation private is a wrong > > decision, while management, monitoring and HA tools are ok for private > > distribution. I understand that Range may not have those things right > > now and they have to find some other (worse) differentiators and that > > they also have some obligations to those who funded the development. > > Thus I think this situation will normalize after a while. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Openbts-discuss mailing list > Ope...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbts-discuss > -- Akib Sayyed Matrix-Shell aki...@gm... aki...@ma... Mob:- +91-966-514-2243 |