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Childhood is believing in free software, adulthood is knowing Microsoft was right. What kills open source software is greed, and very few people are immune fro

• umanwizard 8y ago
  What in the world are you talking about? We’re living in the golden age of free software. It’s doing better than it ever has before, and even Microsoft and Apple are enthusiastically contributing to it.
• squarefoot 8y ago
  This. FOSS can be monetized by making it an investment rather than a product: offer services, let the software free then get paid for support and customized patches. This works, unless one wants to keep the money flowing while twiddling thumbs.
• sipos 8y ago
  Even Microsoft doesn't think that anymore.