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Re: [SLUG] Developing FOSS while employed developing proprietary software


<quote who="Stuart Guthrie">

> The whole business model for a 'software house' is not necessarily there
> in FOSS/OSS yet. Please, please contradict me.

Trolltech? MySQL? There's a pretty big list of profitable software companies
that release their golden geese under FOSS licenses. (FOSS == Free and Open
Source Software, you don't have to say FOSS/OSS.)

- Jeff

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