20090701 Another Free Software Maker Turns to Large Business
From s5h.net
Former rPath, Red Hat exec to lead software firm’s Raleigh headquarters, plans to hire 20 sales people
Tim Spink, a former executive at rPath and Red Hat, will lead North American operations for document manage software firm KnowledgeTree at its new regional headquarters in Raleigh. Spink is one of two Raleigh-based employees for the South African-based company. KnowledgeTree, which is backed by Hasso Plattner Ventures in Germany, also is in the processing of hiring a sales force.
http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/wire/story/5471855/
Related: KnowledgeTree business model hits many a niche
The KnowledgeTree Community Edition, licensed under the GNU GPLv3, is available as a free download.
http://www.linux.com/feature/133152
KnowledgeTree co-founders explain their commercial open source business strategy (video)
KnowledgeTree produces document management software that is available either under GPLv3 or, for commercial use, under a proprietary license that restricts code redistribution.
http://www.linux.com/feature/132706
KnowledgeTree Updates Open Source ECM, Adds Key Enterprise Features
Open Source solutions seem to be in high demand in this down economy. So what do open source enterprise content management providers do to meet this demand? They add new features and functionality of course. At least that is what KnowledgeTree (news, site) has done.
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