Many entrepreneurs get stumped on how to make money writing open source software. After a first look at Tonido's site, I kept wondering, "But how will they make money?"... And then I found the link to the Tonido Plug, and thought "Ah... That's awesome!" It's a cool business model, and if it works for them, I'll be very jealous!
It's not clear that they're making money on the plug, since it sells for $99 with no software and "less than $100" with Tonido installed.
Well, with or without software on the plug, it's still $99 in revenue that can fund software development, right?
The plug is made by Marvell. If Tonido buys it for $99 from Marvell, puts their software on it, and then sells it to you for $99, they don't make money.
Perhaps Tonido gets the plugs for cheaper than 99 dollars. Sounds like Tonido has a deal with Marvell.
I have heard good things about Tonido from my friend (she is a geek). based on comments from Chris Pirillo, looks easy to install and use Tonido... anyone else has tried?