Where value lies in open source

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 11/24/2008 - 15:26

What writing open source software does is give you an opportunity to use your time to make money. Selling the software itself, in the long run, is a losing proposition since anyone can just take it.

But that’s the old world.Welcome to the new one.


 

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