Automattic (http://automattic.com http://automattic.com) The company behind Wordpress software and http://wordpressfoundation.org http://wordpressfoundation.org

Automattic (http://automattic.com http://automattic.com) The company behind Wordpress software and http://wordpressfoundation.org http://wordpressfoundation.org is a good example. Canonical Ltd with Ubuntu is another one. The business model for open source business solutions is to give away the software and build a service business around it as the domain expert. A company like Engineyard makes money by selling services around Rails which is open source. Some of the key Rails/Ruby contributors work at Engineyard.