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It may not be common, but it is possible to make money on open-source software. Redhat would be the largest example. Automattic's WordPress is another. If so
by SquareWheel 6y ago
It may not be common, but it is possible to make money on open-source software. Redhat would be the largest example. Automattic's WordPress is another.
If software can be profitable whether it's open or closed-source, then isn't open-source inherently better?
- Apes 6y agoI'm not sure RedHat is a good example any more, since they were aquired by IBM.
- cosmojg 6y agoThey continue to operate fairly independently, and there business is still fully open source. IBM executives have also paid lip service to their model, suggesting they might move towards it. (Of course, lip service is lip service, and action is action. Two different things.)