Open Source Payday

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 24, 2012 @08:22PM from the and-ya-takes-yer-chances dept.

itwbennett writes "The recent Slashdot discussion on the open source community's attitude on profits neglected an important point: 'no profits' doesn't mean 'no money.' There are plenty of open source not-for-profit organizations that take in millions of dollars in order to pursue their public-minded missions, and some pay their employees handsomely. Brian Proffitt combed through the latest publicly available financial information on 18 top FLOSS organizations to bring you the cold, hard numbers."

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Re:Brian Proffitt by kaizokuace · 2012-03-24 20:50 · Score: 3, Funny

1. manufacture controversy
2. ???
3. Proffitt?!

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Oh, irony by Forty+Two+Tenfold · 2012-03-25 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

misspells

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