Business Models
Real-Life Examples
Off-Topic
100

Name ONE of the two 'potential' business models discussed in the paper.

Selling user data OR Software Certification

100

The open-source web browser mentioned in the paper generates most of its revenue from what business model?

Advertising

100

What is the time complexity of the QuickSort algorithm? 

O(nlogn)

150

The Forbes article states that these TWO business models are the main models to consider for generating revenue with FOSS.

The Open Core Model and Cloud Services

150

What is a platform developers can use to get crowdfunding to be able to execute on an idea?

Kickstartr, AppBackr, Backr.App.net, ...

150

What is the name of a binary search tree that automatically keeps itself balanced to ensure faster search times?

AVL Tree

200

According to the paper, this business model is considered one of the most classic and sustainable ways to make money from FOSS.

Auxiliary services

200

Name one of the open-source softwares with an evaluation above $1B (there were a couple in the Forbes article)

You can't say Red Hat :)

mongoDB, elastic, databricks, HashiCorp, Confluent


200

What is the term for "cleaning up" a process's zombied child?

Reaping

250

What was identified in the paper as a major reason why some FOSS projects fail?

Lack of a sustainable business model; insufficient revenue

250

MySQL is an example of a FOSS using what business model?

Proprietary relicensing

250

What is the name of the memory management technique that divides processes into fixed-sized sections to efficiently utilize system memory?

paging