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I don’t think a business would actually do that, if they purchased something they would likely not put it up on GitHub immediately, but I think the key to selli
by mattl 8y ago
I don’t think a business would actually do that, if they purchased something they would likely not put it up on GitHub immediately, but I think the key to selling free software is customization. Red Hat makes a good deal of money from free software, but as you say, much of that is from support.
- jodrellblank 8y agoIt's almost like 2.9 billion dollars of annual revenue incentivises RedHat to make worse software, to encourage people to buy support. Hah, what am I saying, ignoring incentives like that is easy and commonplace, I'm sure they pay it no mind at all.