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

Keith Lofstrom keithl at kl-ic.com
Fri Dec 26 19:15:12 UTC 2008


> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> >"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.

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 06:12:53AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Hasn't this been Microsoft's line for several years now?

Indeed, and Microsoft is exemplified in the book as a champion
of "Open innovation", because they steal more innovation than
they give away.

Keith

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