The Open Source Consulting HOWTO

Table of contents

The Open Source Consulting HOWTO

Smart Business is going Open Source

The Growth of the GNU/Linux/OS Market

Mindshare of Linux

Make money from Free Software??

Linux Deployments Today

Crossing the Chasm by Accident

Make money from Free Software?

Make money from Free Software?

Open Source Consulting

The Traditional Tech Support Model

Participatory Open Source Consulting

Slide 13

Proselytalization (p15n):

Open Source is a Methodology

Understanding Open Source:

Requirements for Open Source Consultants

Basic Training:

The Easy Part: Gaining Experience

Finding OSS Contracts

Selling Open Source

Consultants' Networks

Thank you for listening

Author: Gary Lawrence Murphy

E-mail: garym@teledyn.com

Homepage: http://www.teledyn.com

Further information:
Slides for the Linux in Business presentation given at the Linux Expo North America 2000 in Montreal