What's the return on investment for supporting open source?

http://divio.ch/en/blog/why-we-support-open-source-software/

by intellectronica • 11 years ago

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mkoistinen• 11 years ago

Good read!

samiradivio• 11 years ago

Very interesting!

FinalAngel• 11 years ago

thanks to all companies supporting open source software!

cyb3rstar• 11 years ago

I love python community, but i always thought that it is built only on people's enthusiasm...

intellectronica• 11 years ago

That enthusiasm translates to a lot of very hard work, huge deployments and plenty of investment. What's wrong with enthusiasm?

DanieleProcida• 11 years ago

It's hard to be enthusiastic if you don't have a job that pays you enough and gives you enough free time in which to be enthusiastic. Enthusiasm is a luxury!

Even if people start out being enthusiastic when building open-source projects, they quickly lose the enthusiasm if when they are faced with an on-going choice between working for nothing and earning a living.

Most successful open-source software contributors have decently-paid jobs. The people who don't get paid enough are too busy struggling to earn a living to work for nothing on top of that.

mike_k• 11 years ago

Definitely, there are some valid points!

What's the return on investment for supporting open source?

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