> Honestly, how many of you people who use open source tell your boss what you’re using? I do! He loves it because it is free (with the caveat he adds "be care

> Honestly, how many of you people who use open source tell your boss what you’re using? I do! He loves it because it is free (with the caveat he adds "be careful"). We've offered money to OS maintainers of projects we've made use of in the past (either to consulty or, more usually, to develop some features for us) - mostly they refuse (usually politely).