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Rene Reitsma, Oregon State Business Professor, presented the issues involved in creating an Open Source business and some of the strategies used by IBM, VA Linux and Red Hat. Attention was also given to the issue of total cost of ownership for companies using OSS to run their businesses. A recording of the presentation can be found on Google video and the slides can be found on the CS419 website.

The current issue of Red Herring names Scott Kveton, CEO of Portland startup JanRain, one of the magazine’s “Tech Tots: 25 Young Rebels Who Will Rock the World.” Formerly director of OSU’s Open Source Lab, and a member of the team that developed the concept of the Open Source Educational Lab, Scott left osu in June of 2006 to take the helm at JanRain. Way to go, Scott!

The Oregon Executive MBA program recently held a day long workshop discussing open source business models. Take a look at their website for more innovating business techniques.