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congrats for them,for proving you _can_ make successful business out of open source and continue contributing to oss :).
by giis 15y ago
congrats for them,for proving you _can_ make successful business out of open source and continue contributing to oss :).
- rplnt 15y agoThey kind of proved this from the day one. Interesting documentary on this topic is Revolution OS[1]. It is kind of biased and now very outdated but it is still worth watching. If you haven't seen it and you are interested in early history of OSS I recommend it. 1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308808/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308808/
- giis 15y agocool,thanks.I'm not aware this documentary.Will watch it soon :)
- wmf 15y agoRed Hat proved that one company can make money using the support business model, but it doesn't look very replicable.