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How to get VC investment for your open source business
10-23-2008 01:00 PM
So, you've got the greatest open source idea since Firefox. It's guaranteed to be bigger than TCP/IP. All you need now is some scratch to get your project off the ground. Given the genius of your idea, you're sure you'll have to beat off potential investors with a stick. If you think that's reality, I've got some subprime mortgages to sell you. Getting venture capital (VC) to fund your business is hard work, even if you have a commercial product to sell. The degree of difficulty ratchets up many times if you're an open source developer. It can be done, but it takes such single-minded focus that getting turned down multiple -- maybe even dozens -- of times won't faze you.



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gnome-open

gnome-open(1)							   User Commands						     gnome-open(1)

NAME

       gnome-open - open a file using the appropriate application

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-open [gnome-std-options] URL

DESCRIPTION

       gnome-open opens a file from the command line by launching the appropriate application that is associated with the file mime type.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URL	       Specifies the name of the URL to open.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Opening a Text File in the Home Directory

       example% gnome-open README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-open     Executable to open a file using the appropriate application

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-libs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       attributes(5), environ(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Sep 2004							     gnome-open(1)