> Among the thousands of open source projects, the ones championed as successful open source business make up a tiny proportion i.e. the exception not the norm.

> Among the thousands of open source projects, the ones championed as successful open source business make up a tiny proportion i.e. the exception not the norm. I think that open source projects tend to be smaller. However, is size the correct proxy for success? I would argue it isn't for companies, and rather the opposite in fact. A small company that does well what it set out to do is successful in my view, even if you can count the employees on one hand. Likewise for software projects. Also, maintenance mode is a thing, and it's all right, so the number of commits isn't a good proxy either, IMO.