>>>> korbé wrote:
>>>> Ok, Architengi,
1) It's possible to make money with completely free (as free beer) and FOSS. (See Red Hat, Linalis, etc...).

>>> end of quote

I just don't want all my work to be open and free and to live from services (technical support or customizations), just because there is not the same money from that, so in the end I will have to look for a job.

All the developers that make their source code public will take the job and the bread from the hand of other developers.
For example: If Office is free, the developers of Quick Office, WordPerfect, even the MS Office will have to find another job.

For humanity's progress I love Open Source, like I would love no patents. But in todays world even the human genes (made by nature) are patented.
Now, the question is, the companies that researched and found that gene usage, can they get the money back from all that investment in research? The same with the code, if it is not closed and everybody has access to its source, will be the same interest for the companies to produce that code?


>>>

>>> ysss wrote:
>>> @korbe: some numbers to backup your claim, please?
it'd be a shame if y'all are wasting all this time and effort to discuss false assumptions of mythical proportions

Yes, this is right. @korbe: do you have numbers or links to bacup your claim? "In computing, the majority of revenues come from: - Services, - Some custom features/sofwares developed for companys."

(for software companies the allegation that it can make money out of In computing, the majority of revenues come from:
"- Sale of hardware."
it is showing korbe does not understand what a software company is. We are not talking here about Apple or Nokia, but about software.)

Just my 2 cents...