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	ysss	2011-06-17 , 11:11
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Originally Posted by misterc

so far, VERY few companies have been able to make money with / from OSS
redhat, maybe...
?

thus, no, indeed, OSS isn't about money
never was, never will be.
it is free, as in... free beer

Google.
Palm. hp.
Cisco. Linksys.
(just about all network gears equipment maker)
Moto.
Lenovo.
IBM.

The companies mentioned above are just a very very small fraction of those who have made HUGE amount of money by selling products/services powered by opensource components. (And managed to align their interests, somewhat, with the FOSS movement still).

So, no.

There are some very very creative people out there.

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