Modelos de Negócio e Economia do

Software de Código Aberto –

MNESCA0910

Great Bridge LLC

David Santos
João Paulo Rente
Telmo Silva
 Agenda

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PostgreSQL

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Great Bridge

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EnterpriseDB

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Produto: Base de Dados

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Modelo de Negócio: Comunidade

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Tipo de Licença: BSD
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Patrocinadores

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 Início
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May 2000
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Landmark Comunications - $25MM
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Chairman from Red Hat
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Market
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Commercial products
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Services
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Support
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Tied with Postgres core developers
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 Market achivements
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Very good product – instalation, administration,
documentation
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19000 product download, 40000 documentation
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100 projects on development comunity
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Fortune “25 Coolest Global Companies”
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Team with Postgres and PHP core developers

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 Após 16 meses
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Falha encontrar investidores ou comprador
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"We remain convinced that open source
solutions,...present compelling and viable alternatives for
business computing,"
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"The board was not convinced that, given the current
economic climate, the company could generate revenues
at a level to meet the required expenses of the business
within the company's funding horizon."
Frank Batten Jr., chairman of Landmark Communications
and founder of Great Bridge.

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 EnterpriseDB

Um caso de sucesso
Comparação com a Great Bridge

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 Percurso
Great Bridge EnterpriseDB

Origem Comercial Comercial

Comunidade e
Fundadores Empresa
Empresas
Venture Capitals +
Fundos Landmark Com.
IBM, NTT e Sony

Data de início 2000 2004

Data de fim 2001 ainda em operação

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 Modelos de negócio
Great Bridge EnterpriseDB
30 dias de sup. I/C e 1 Free, Developer, Basic
Subscrição
ano de updates e Premium
Formação, Instalação, Formação, Certificação,
Serviços
Consultoria e Suporte Consultoria e Suporte

Suporte 7x24 7x24

Componente
- Oracle Compatibility
proprietários
Open Source e Open Source, Limited
Licenciamento
Subscrição Use e Full Use
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 Conclusão

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Antes de tempo

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dot-com bubble crash

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Falta de componentes proprietários de valor
acrescentado

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