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Profiting from Open Source Software

Secret Santa writes "Alex Salkever has written an inspiring and Linux-friendly piece about Martin Roesch -- how he went from writing open-source software to building a multimillion dollar company. Excerpt: 'Sourcefire is one of a growing number of small software players that have built new businesses around open-source code. Their business models contain various mixes of proprietary and open-source software components and span the software gamut, from other security companies such as Tripwire to database outfits such as MySQL and desktop-computing offerings like Xandros. Most are still small, with revenues well under $50 million.'"

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Forget that! Win the LOTTERY! It's easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Forget that! Win the LOTTERY! It's easy! Open source? Give me a break. You can make more money selling donuts at the corner than GIVING AWAY software AND its SOURCE!!

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