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Open Source Payday

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. News flash: Management gets paid by msobkow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The people who do the real work don't.

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