I think a big part of the entitlement problem is not being clear about the business model, or positioning oneself to take advantage of it.
One key thing is, I think, to advertise services and ways of making money. IOW, giving people the option to get new features, etc. is an important thing.
There is a lot of solid FOSS out there: PostgreSQL, BSD, Linux, CUPS, and more all come to mind. These often are less sexy than heavily marketed, inferior counterparts. But these all also have solid business models attached.
I highly recommend that folks who start open source software look around at business models surrounding the better open source products and see what they can do to capitalize on that.
One key thing is, I think, to advertise services and ways of making money. IOW, giving people the option to get new features, etc. is an important thing.
There is a lot of solid FOSS out there: PostgreSQL, BSD, Linux, CUPS, and more all come to mind. These often are less sexy than heavily marketed, inferior counterparts. But these all also have solid business models attached.
I highly recommend that folks who start open source software look around at business models surrounding the better open source products and see what they can do to capitalize on that.