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PeterMoore:
sorry another question.  i was wondering if anybody new, names of companies that fund the open source.  I have come across a few, but there is not much information on them.  i need to know a bit about how much money is going into open source.

cheers

Refalm:
Company's don't "fund" Open Source as in giving money. They contribute.

An example is Apple, who made an Open Source operating system, called DarwinBSD. DarwinBSD is also the core for their closed source operating system, Mac OS X.

So now, people contribute and improve DarwinBSD for Apple, because everyone may modify and use it.

Sun Microsystems, Red Hat, Lycoris, etc. do simmilar things.

Calum:
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm

the netscape/mozilla story is a good example of an early commercial/open source economic venture that you might want to read more about.

also, as mentioned before, look into how red hat and other linux vendors make money while still giving their products away cost free.

Refalm:
In audition:
The GNU GPL and the American Dream.

The GNU GPL and the American way.

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by Peter Moore:
sorry another question.  i was wondering if anybody new, names of companies that fund the open source.  I have come across a few, but there is not much information on them.  i need to know a bit about how much money is going into open source.

cheers
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You can find some information on some Free Software supporters

at this page.

I have also written a small article, which you can find here.

Hope that helps a bit.  

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