From the SDForum – The Future of Commercial Open Source Think Tank Summary Report
(the report is licensed under a CC license):
- Mixed: Using open source as a cocmponent of a larger work (ex. Websphere)
- ISP: using open source to provide infrastructure services. Invisible – Customers don’t see it
- Core: Open source is your product (RedHat)
- For the Glory: companies that write/contribute to open source to generate publicity which can be converted into revvenue streams
- Consultation: using community for the purpose of delivering service (ex. Covalent)
- Deployment: using open source to provide and extend online services (ex. Amazon, Google, salesforce.com)