Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business: A Case Study

Mike Hendrickson · Roger Magoulas · Tim O'Reilly

Jul 2012 · "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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85 reviews

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About this ebook

Open source is not only a catalyst for small business growth, but also a driver of future success for many startups today. Bringing together Bluehost anonymized customer data and trends with O’Reilly Media’s job market data, along with other sources of trend data, this report captures the current state of open source as it relates to small to medium-sized businesses.

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4.0

85 reviews

Phillip Batz

November 7, 2015

I had misgivings about the data-set being so closely tied to one enterprise, but there is enough clarity here that I didn't feel that it was "ad-formation". The whole work seemed a bit light-weight, but there's not enough attention paid to the subject by anyone. A nice voyage into largely uncharted waters; worth the time spent.

1 person found this review helpful

Denver Prophit Jr.

November 20, 2014

I had a chance to look at the numbers derived from BlueHost customers. They could have exponentially increased their sample data by including other sources such as oloh, github, sourceforge, fantastico & softaculous. All in all, a very well sourced and cited epub for researchers and business decision makers.

3 people found this review helpful

Damian Davis (StepYoGameUp#DoBetter)

July 7, 2015

I enjoyed this and learned some things

4 people found this review helpful

About the author

Mike Hendrickson has held a variety of positions in the publishing industry including, Product Development Manager, Editor, Executive Editor, Editor-in-Chief, and Associate Publisher. Two constants are that he has always enjoyed managing people and being involved with cutting-edge technologies. At O'Reilly, he is the Publisher for the Open Tech eXchange division, where he is working to grow existing print market share while expanding into new online and in person markets.

Roger Magoulas is the director of market research at O'Reilly Media. Magoulas runs a team that is building an open source analysis infrastucture and provides analysis services, including technology trend analysis, to business decision-makers at O'Reilly and beyond. In previous incarnations, Magoulas designed and implemented data warehouse projects for organizations ranging from the San Francisco Opera to the Alberta Motor Club.

Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly & Associates, thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network (www.oreillynet.com) and hosts conferences on technology topics. Tim is an activist for open source and open standards, and an opponent of software patents and other incursions of new intellectual property laws into the public domain. Tim's long term vision for his company is to help change the world by capturing and transmitting the knowledge of innovators.

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