Open source issues for 2007 start with the profit motive
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| I think what my friendly "trolls" here (and I use that term with the
| kindest of regard) most fear is that profit may be getting driven out,
| and the market might be driven out.
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| I believe that is overstating the case.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=888
Here's a relevant paper:
The Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and
Motivation in the Open Source Community
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| In this paper, we examine the motivations of large information
| technology ("IT") vendors, to invest in open source software ("OSS").
| What drives companies with large, proprietary software portfolios to
| invest hundreds of millions of dollars in OSS?
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http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5567.html
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