Re:On “Open” Distros, Open Source, and Building a Company
by username223 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:14PM
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Many of the most successful open source projects I can think of were funded by universities (Linux and Gnu) or natural monopolies (Unix). Their creators didn't become billionaires, but the sources of money were willing to pay them a comfortable living. Maybe it's the expectation that open source should be a massive fountain of wealth that is the real problem.
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Re:On “Open” Distros, Open Source, and Building a Company
by jrochkind1 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:44PM
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> Maybe it's the expectation that open source should be a massive fountain of wealth that is the real problem.
Maybe. But I also think that kind of funding for open source you talk about is not there for high-complexity projects in the present time.
It's not that I don't like that traditional model. I am legitimately worried it is no longer feasible.