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I remember in the olden days of open source, when there was a debate whether it is viable, the point of the free software party was that you are not going to ma
by oytis 3y ago
I remember in the olden days of open source, when there was a debate whether it is viable, the point of the free software party was that you are not going to make money selling the software itself, but rather using the software or providing support for it. Later at some point as open source matured, some people decided it was still possible to make an open source business.
I think by now it is more or less clear it is not the case - the companies that _use_ open source to support their non-software core business are the ones that take most of the pie. There is as little reason for outrage as for surprise in my opinion.