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Re:Open Source Doesn’t Make Money Because It Isn’t Designed ... by djakjxnanjak on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:52PM (#19434256)
> Unfortunately most of the wealth created by OSS is being reaped by the large cloud vendors

The amount of value generated by open source software running on cloud providers may be much greater than the fees those providers are charging. It’s not a zero-sum game.

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Re:Open Source Doesn’t Make Money Because It Isn’t Designed ... by collinmanderson on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @08:43AM (#19441461)
Exactly, I think everyone down the line benefits from savings from Open Source software.

If cloud vendors used proprietary software they'd have to charge more to their customers.

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