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Yep. And when companies release the products THEY use and find helpful, everyone improves it and releases it back. Memcache springs to mind.

• zimbatm 13y ago
  Not necessarily. I have tons of github repos where nobody contributes to. I don't see why it wouldn't be the same for a company. It depends if your project is useful to others and if you're able to market it properly.
  • lifeisstillgood 13y ago
    Yes, Yes, Yes. OSS needs marketing, and the big ones recently have almost all sprung from world famous companies (twitter bootstrap, facebook and phabricator etc etc). It will become harder and harder to get noticed, but this is truly a open competitive market, and the best becomes top dog in most cases. CEOs who spout support for the Free Market - beware, this is what it looks like. :-)