Comments on: Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:22:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: 451 CAOS Theory » Open source tour of Europe: Russia http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-448114 451 CAOS Theory » Open source tour of Europe: Russia Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:01:13 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-448114 [...] vendors: As Egor Grebnev indicates, recent interest from the Russian government has helped boost commercial interest in open source [...] [...] vendors: As Egor Grebnev indicates, recent interest from the Russian government has helped boost commercial interest in open source [...]

]]> By: Boycott Novell » Microsoft No Longer Able to Hide Financial Decline, More Losses to GNU/Linux in Russia http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-364167 Boycott Novell » Microsoft No Longer Able to Hide Financial Decline, More Losses to GNU/Linux in Russia Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:25:21 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-364167 [...] Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia Recent interest towards FOSS from the Russian government has boosted commercial activity in this field. No longer than a year ago there was no single large company that would say it is capable of doing FOSS system integration projects. Now there are three, and the number will probably grow. [...] [...] Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia Recent interest towards FOSS from the Russian government has boosted commercial activity in this field. No longer than a year ago there was no single large company that would say it is capable of doing FOSS system integration projects. Now there are three, and the number will probably grow. [...]

]]> By: Egor Grebnev http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-303811 Egor Grebnev Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:28:44 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-303811 Kiran, Would you please clarify whom you would like to inform about your project? I am currently unable to understand how I can help... Kiran,

Would you please clarify whom you would like to inform about your project? I am currently unable to understand how I can help…

]]> By: Egor Grebnev http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-303779 Egor Grebnev Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:57:52 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-303779 Andrey, I am a proud member of ALT Linux (for 5+ years), and I think that I understand what you mean. Both ALT Linux and ASP have proven to be sustainable, but they have not solved one problem yet -- it is that of the size and reliability. Both companies remain small businesses, and large companies and government agencies (which bring most of the money on the market) seldom trust the small ones. If the FOSS wants to flourish in Russia -- it will have to grow in size. There might be several different ways to handle this growth, and I really wish that the Russian FOSS developers find the right one. I know the ALT Linux Team well enough, and taking their optimism and dedication into account, I have all the reasons to count on them to surpass this transition period. However, the situation is very rough now, and we can hardly tell what ALT Linux or ASP Linux will be in three years. Andrey,

I am a proud member of ALT Linux (for 5+ years), and I think that I understand what you mean. Both ALT Linux and ASP have proven to be sustainable, but they have not solved one problem yet — it is that of the size and reliability. Both companies remain small businesses, and large companies and government agencies (which bring most of the money on the market) seldom trust the small ones.

If the FOSS wants to flourish in Russia — it will have to grow in size. There might be several different ways to handle this growth, and I really wish that the Russian FOSS developers find the right one. I know the ALT Linux Team well enough, and taking their optimism and dedication into account, I have all the reasons to count on them to surpass this transition period.

However, the situation is very rough now, and we can hardly tell what ALT Linux or ASP Linux will be in three years.

]]> By: Kiran http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-298375 Kiran Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:26:14 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-298375 Nice to hear about FOSS. It would be nice if they represent my Open Source Project too. Traffic Squeezer - An Open Source WAN Network Traffic Acceleration Solution. http://trafficsqueezer.sourceforge.net Nice to hear about FOSS. It would be nice if they represent my Open Source Project too. Traffic Squeezer - An Open Source WAN Network Traffic Acceleration Solution.

http://trafficsqueezer.sourceforge.net

]]> By: fsdaily.com http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-298290 fsdaily.com Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:44:23 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-298290 <strong>Story added...</strong> This story has been submitted to fsdaily.com! If you think this story should be read by the free software community, come vote it up and discuss it here: http://www.fsdaily.com/Government/Open_Source_Market_FOSS_getting_hot_in_Russia... Story added…

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]]> By: Andrey http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-298241 Andrey Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:56:49 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-298241 "Recent interest towards FOSS from the Russian government has boosted commercial activity in this field. No longer than a year ago there was no single large company that would say it is capable of doing FOSS system integration projects." This is not exactly true. At least 2 companies, the ALTlinux and ASPLinux (www.altlinux.ru, www.asplinux.ru), both authoring their own Linux distributions, are routinely doing "FOSS system integration projects" nation wide. I cannot call the effect of the government interest to FOSS a "boost", it is more like what normally happens in Russia when "government" meets "money". "Nobody is particularly sure about how to do business with FOSS, but it is already evident that it can be done somehow" is also not exactly true. Both the above mentioned companies are in business for long time and, evidently, are profitable. And they are not alone. LinuxCenter (www.linuxcenter.ru) is more like an online Linux store. It is in business happily for many years and now collects preorders for EeePC with Mandriva Linux 2008 Powerpack, also nation wide. “Recent interest towards FOSS from the Russian government has boosted commercial activity in this field. No longer than a year ago there was no single large company that would say it is capable of doing FOSS system integration projects.”

This is not exactly true. At least 2 companies, the ALTlinux and ASPLinux (www.altlinux.ru, http://www.asplinux.ru), both authoring their own Linux distributions, are routinely doing “FOSS system integration projects” nation wide.

I cannot call the effect of the government interest to FOSS a “boost”, it is more like what normally happens in Russia when “government” meets “money”.

“Nobody is particularly sure about how to do business with FOSS, but it is already evident that it can be done somehow” is also not exactly true. Both the above mentioned companies are in business for long time and, evidently, are profitable. And they are not alone. LinuxCenter (www.linuxcenter.ru) is more like an online Linux store. It is in business happily for many years and now collects preorders for EeePC with Mandriva Linux 2008 Powerpack, also nation wide.

]]> By: Tightwad Technica » Open source for governemnt & business red hot in Russia http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-297814 Tightwad Technica » Open source for governemnt & business red hot in Russia Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:19:49 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/#comment-297814 [...] that, if successful, could become the largest migration to FOSS in world’s secondary education. (Roberto Galoppini and Linux [...] [...] that, if successful, could become the largest migration to FOSS in world’s secondary education. (Roberto Galoppini and Linux [...]

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