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How do open source companies make money? The only thing I figure here, is that VCs are betting another company like Microsoft will want to acquire the number 2
by iamwil 4y ago
How do open source companies make money? The only thing I figure here, is that VCs are betting another company like Microsoft will want to acquire the number 2 player, and exit that way.
- MisterSandman 4y agoMy guess is partly consumer donations, partly industry donations (e.g. "Google donates $1M to Penpot since it uses it heavily and can't let it die") and, perhaps money from cloud hosting and technical support. 2 is why Linux is alive, too many large companies depend on it for it to die.