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I'm not sure how profitable they are, but puppetlabs is a very fast growing company that offers an open source product. The 'pay for support' model works well w

• jahewson 12y ago
  I'd say it's an example of the opposite, the partly closed-source Puppet Enterprise is where the primary focus is now, support and training are still available but more of a sideshow. Also Puppet Labs got their initial funding almost 10 years ago now, back when investors believed in open source, as the parent comment observes. They've received around $85m to date, half of that since their pivot to Puppet Enterprise.