Opensource filePro Project

[Jose Lerebours]

Jay posted:

> >    Granted that the development team was larger years ago, but
> > it is currently more than just Ken.
> 
> Here's a *different* question: is there any 3rd-party IP remaining in
> the filePro code base that would prohibit such a thing?
> 
> And, Jose, here's one for you: how would fpTech make money?
> 

I believe that they can make money in many ways:
1. Donations from a potentially super large community
2. Sponsorship through companies that support the open source projects
3. Developing custom solutions for companies world-wide 
4. Write plug-in or add-on features people can buy for small fees
5. Write "real" books

These are just a few.  If filePro were open source and the community grew to 
a small number (relatively small by open source standard) of just over 500K,
I will love to write a filePro for Dummies book ... and have it sold for $14.95,
take home 5% of that over the years ...

That is only the beginning.  You can then bet the community at large starting to
look at it as the 'perfect application' for desktop solutions integrating it with
MySQL and other SQLs.  

I do not know the first thing about ftTech financials, but I dare say that a $1
donation from 500K people, with a potential average of $.15 per each month, that 
is $75,000 per month.  Is fpTech cashing in $75K per month solely on licensing sales?

Top this off with consulting, support, books, public appearances, merchandising, etc.

What do you think, is it possible?


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Jose Lerebours
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filePro + PHP Solution Developer