I got an interesting comment from Mike Pellatt regarding my thoughts on why business models matter. Mike asked what the extension of product liability legislation to software would mean for the industry. This is an interesting question and a nice bit for future speculation so I thought I’d post my ...

My previous post on open source and open standards was originally a much longer piece which delved into some of the business model issues surrounding this debate. One of the bits I edited out, compared the commercial business model of Opera Software and Asa Dotzler's employer the Mozilla Foundation. Here's what I ...