[PLUG-TALK] "Open Innovation" by Chesbrough et al

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Fri Dec 26 14:12:53 UTC 2008


On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> In spite of the title, the book is about the old paradigm, that is,
> control via intellectual property law. This sentence from page 101 of the
> book is telling:
>
> "Open Source is only Open Innovation if it has a business model"
>
> Where "business model" is defined in the old sense of licensing, spinoffs,
> and acquisition.

Keith,

   Hasn't this been Microsoft's line for several years now?

Rich

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