jim farmer as presented at the open source and sustainability conference oss watch university of oxford 12 april 2006 england commercialization georgetown preface this presentation explores possibility commercial support software being developed by for higher education it does not address question whether is desirable or approach evaluated possible businesses that could emerge products individually combined into a suite related to achieve minimal volume even small company operating within country business would need minimum annual revenue 2 5 million per year sustain set necessary technical skills 10 20 staff analysis focuses on red hat model best meeting expressed needs two models development cooperative brad wheeler s community focused john norman suggestion specialized tools research universities successful without begins with excerpts from recent hec study may be new
