• Open Source Principles

    It is often confusing for people to learn that an open source company may give its products away for free or for a minimal cost. While it is true that an open source business may not make money directly from its prod... Read More

  • Community Development

    The global webmaster community can provide free research and development by contributing new solutions, features, and ideas back to online developers as a whole. The company that sits at the center of any successful open source project may reap the rewards of the work of thou... Read More

  • Media-rich Applications

    Modern web applications should strive to deliver high impact, rich Web content. Beautiful design should never compromise an intuitive user interface that is deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience.

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  • High Performance

    Modern online media-sharing puts a high load on web servers due to the nature of the content being transferred. High performance is fundamental in the development if websites are going to attract in this current highly competitive climate.

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  • Career Opportunities

    Gain experience at Horsfall Multimedia for your future career in software development.

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It is often confusing for people to learn that an open source company may give its products away for free or for a minimal cost. While it is true that an open source business may not make money directly from its products, it is untrue that they do not generate stable and scalable revenue streams. In actuality, in the modern web technology market, it is the open source company that has the greatest long-term strategic advantage. This is demonstrated by companies such as LINUX, Apache, and a host of web-specific technologies such as Java and Perl. The open source business model relies on shifting the commercial value away from the actual products and generating revenue from the 'Product Halo,' or ancillary services like systems integration, support, tutorials and documentation.