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Our guest for March is Linda Wright, Software Development Manager for Toll Holdings.

Her talk is entitled New Business Models for Open Source Advocates and Developers:

"In a nutshell, I plan to survey some of the past Commercial and OSS business models (from the anarchic and utopian to the present) and discuss some of the commercial implications of these. I then intend to discuss 3 contemporary OSS business models, their virtues and limitations, and the new trend of large so-called "old economy" companies solving the problem of OSS competition by buying out start-ups. Then I will move on to talk about the business model of Concentus, which I believe is fairly unique, and how I believe it addresses some of the classical problems that both commercial and OSS developers face with their respective models. Anyone who has ever wondered how the heck you can make money out of supposedly free software should probably attend."

Location is TW.2.07 at the University of Waikato. Meeting will start at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be available afterwards.