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Written by Selwyn Wacks
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 |
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Open Source is not a Business Model, it is a Development Methodology. April 1 2010 marks 7 years of us running the TurboCASH project. With over 100 000 users and communities in over 80 countries, we are now the uncontested leaders in Open Source Accounting for small business. Still, rarely does a day go by without me being asked, "But how do you make money out of a Free Product?".
Rather than go into a long explanation of the OS philosophy, I usually answer this question with, "How does it cost me anything if you download and use TurboCASH? Am I not better off if you use TurboCASH than if you use some other accounting software?"
People are surprised that TurboCASH is a business like any other. Our Business Model is about attracting loyal users. We intend to take a minimum of 5% of the entire SME. market. It is now commonplace in our times for a business of this nature to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. more ..
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