[disclosure: i'm the author] yes, and i should have included that in the piece as i was asked about it when i presented the material at OSBC. examples include

[disclosure: i'm the author] yes, and i should have included that in the piece as i was asked about it when i presented the material at OSBC. examples include SpiceWorks (free IT management client, monetizes data / adverstising), to Google (monetizes location data, email, etc), to TomTom (location data). there were also two separate open source vendors that spoke to me following the presentation that will be launching data oriented initiatives. one within a few weeks.