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Investing in Open Source?

Posted by Cliff on from the money-for-good-causes dept.

echrist1 asks: "I'm in my school's investment club, and I'm in charge of investing $10,000 (real money) into technology equities. Clearly I want to make a profit, but I also want to do something to help the Open Source movement. Does anyone know of mutual funds that invest specifically in companies that further Open Source?"

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  1. First mistake is... by imaniack · · Score: 4, Informative

    limiting yourself just to tech stock.

  2. Invest in something proven by knuxed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Invest in something proven,opensource does not have a trackrecord that i know off.Put it in other equities based on financial research and ratios.

  3. IBM/RedHat by quanticle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Both of these companies invest heavily in open source, and are pushing Linux. I'd have recommended Novell as well, but I don't know what effect the Novell-Microsoft deal will have in the long term.

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