Forbes runs an article
Has Open Source Become A Marketing Slogan?
This comment is of most interest
Startups are latching onto the hype around “open sourceâ€� to gain interest from venture capitalists and earn street credibility with the FOSS community, but then proceed with a business model predicated on making money by selling closed source code.
This is indeed the observation. Despite the marketing pitches, most open source companies are taking a non-open source route.
Biggest problem with open source is making money. In The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source, Bruce Perens tried to explain why open source make sense. But logical reasoning sometimes does work in an illogical market.
I still believe in Open Source. Only time will tell how things unfold. But pioneers are made in the the dust of unknown not after the dust settles.
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