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Could you cite any other example(s)? If not, that Red Hat is the outlier (1 company in 20 years) seems to strengthen the prior commenter's point.
by troydavis 10y ago
Could you cite any other example(s)?
If not, that Red Hat is the outlier (1 company in 20 years) seems to strengthen the prior commenter's point.
- danieldk 10y agoMySQL AB before the Oracle acquisition. Troll Tech before Nokia. They did sell licenses for proprietary use, but what was sold was completely open source (under a viral license).
- goseeastarwar 10y agoNeither of those have revenue close to RedHat. Futhermore, the irony of RedHat being the exception that proves the rule that there's far less money in open source, is that its revenue is minuscule when compared to closed-source tech giants.