TY - JOUR T1 - Nokia's Hybrid Business Model for Qt JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2011 A1 - John Schreuders A1 - Arthur Low A1 - Kenneth Esprit A1 - Nerva Joachim AB - In today's challenging economy, startup companies are finding it more and more difficult to gain a foothold and traction in the market. Free/libre open source software (F/LOSS) allows a company to gain exposure to their products. However, few firms offer F/LOSS solutions alone. The vast majority combine proprietary and open source products while receiving revenues from both traditional license fees and open source offerings (Bonaccorsi and Giannangeli, 2006). This dual practice of offering F/LOSS as well as a commercial license is a hybrid business model. In this article, we focus on the hybrid business model for Nokia's Qt product: how it is implemented, why it was implemented, and the extent to which the model has been effective. The Qt story illustrates how F/LOSS business models were developed during a period when participants were just beginning to understand how to make money with open source. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/413 IS - January 2011 U1 - Carleton University John Schreuders is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa. Prior to his work at Carleton, John received his BEng in Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. John has 15 years of experience in designing real-time software systems in many different fields, including defense, aerospace, finance and telecommunications. U2 - Crack Semiconductor Arthur Low is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa. He has over 18 years of experience in Integrated Circuit design. Art is an Electrical Engineer who uses open source IC design simulators and software development tools for his cryptographic Silicon IP business, Crack Semiconductor. U3 - Carleton University Kenneth Esprit received his BSc degree from the University of Pinar del Rio, Cuba in Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering, in 2004. He is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa. He has over the 6 years of experience in mobile communication and has used open source software as an optimization tool for radio frequency planning and BTS maintenance. U4 - Carleton University Nerva Joachim is an Electrical Engineer and has over ten years of experience in electronic control systems design. He has worked in Montreal, Toronto, and the Ottawa capital region. He is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he is involved in a collaborative project with Ottawa University, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI), and Kylowave Inc., a company that is a member of the Lead to Win ecosystem. ER -