Comments on: Problem with Open Textbooks: They are Free http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/ Ezra -ez- Nugroho's blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Reframe It -- It's Your Web, Speak Up, Give It Context http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 Reframe It -- It's Your Web, Speak Up, Give It Context Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:33:10 +0000 http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=233#comment-3890 <strong>deeptext had this to say...</strong> The old UNIX tools keep being rediscovered. BASH anyone? Probably invented before the blogger was born. ... deeptext had this to say…

The old UNIX tools keep being rediscovered. BASH anyone?
Probably invented before the blogger was born.

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]]> By: ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1986 ezran Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:08:15 +0000 http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=233#comment-1986 Khawar, Thanks for the comment... CK 12 is not doing the dual commercial - free model yet like most open-source vendors. However, I am sure all the moves that were done in the open-source software will be taken in open education resources world. You got the point, man! It will be interesting to hear about your marketing research paper once it is out :) Khawar,

Thanks for the comment…
CK 12 is not doing the dual commercial – free model yet like most open-source vendors.
However, I am sure all the moves that were done in the open-source software will be taken in open education resources world.
You got the point, man!

It will be interesting to hear about your marketing research paper once it is out :)

]]> By: Khawar Nehal http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 Khawar Nehal Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:49:22 +0000 http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=233#comment-1985 Offer some extra services for a charge like printing the books and mailing them then use the profits made to advertise. I think this allows more publicity to the opensource area. Example Linux distributions. The world has gotten used to the idea that Linux distros are free and commercial at the same time and they get to advertise. The idea is to calculate the max commercialization fo advertising which should be done to maximize loud noise making revenue. Like the large ads for firefox paid by donors. I shall try this idea from now on on my opensource support company and document the results as a marketing research paper. Regards, Khawar Offer some extra services for a charge like printing the books and mailing them then use the profits made to advertise.
I think this allows more publicity to the opensource area. Example Linux distributions.
The world has gotten used to the idea that Linux distros are free and commercial at the same time and they get to advertise.

The idea is to calculate the max commercialization fo advertising which should be done to maximize loud noise making revenue.

Like the large ads for firefox paid by donors.

I shall try this idea from now on on my opensource support company and document the results as a marketing research paper.

Regards,

Khawar

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