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Report: Pure open source no longer a viable business model
October 14, 2008 (11:30:00 PM) - 1 month, 1 week ago
By: Marshall Kirkpatrick
By: Marshall Kirkpatrick
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How do you make money if you give your software away for free? That's the classic question asked of open source software vendors, and the expected reply is that they charge customers for software customization and support. That's not the way it works anymore, though, according to a report published by analyst firm The 451 Group.
