I'm trying to find some statistics comparing income for individuals developing software under an open source license compared to a closed source license. The idea of comparison itself is easy enough, just by comparing compensation allowed through developing under, say, the GPL versus a private license, but it would be nice to have some solid numbers. Anything at all would be helpful.
Otherwise, feel free to let this drift off to page 10. :)
>>4 Closed == $$$$$$$$$$$$ Open ==
Fixed. Unless by open source, you mean what would be closed source projects masquerading as open source to gain access to the large free development community and be able to maintain a reasonable userbase even while the product is horrible. Simply by virtue of it being open source alot of opportunities open up. See "Ubuntu" for a classic example.
I am an expert open source developer. I have released over 9000 projects on sourceforge.
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Anonymous2009-03-22 19:32
>>7
There is a lot of money to be maid in consulting + maintenance of open source software. You don't have such luxury with your enterprise closed source
>>10
That is exactly what I was implying. Simply by virtue of it being open source alot of opportunities open up
Ubuntu was given as an example because they are the worst of the bunch. Giving away a broken product for free- and then demanding money for them to fix it. It's a nearly criminal loss-leader tactic; made worse by the fact they have a niche audience who will lap that shit up day in day out simply because it's "Open Source."
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Anonymous2009-03-22 19:40
How open source works.
1. Post source code.
2. Indian in code mill finds source code.
3. Indian removes all references to you in code.
4. Indian sells the code as a custom work for hire.
You get paid very little for a lot of work. Indian gets paid a lot for an hour of trivial work.
Open source is not free as in beer, it is free as in Indians have the freedom to use your work to buy their beer.
GPL is a commercial license and has always been about making money. I have been writing GPL code as a consultant and as an employee and it has benefit; the client knows they own the code and do with it as they wish including not sharing, when you are an employee and time in scarce there are always people pushing fixes to the code base which makes my job easier, and finally GPL is a different transaction more along the lines of selling something as opposed to renting something.
In all seriousness RMS himself did make money from day one and good money mind you (emacs was of great value originally) and after RedHat, JBoss, SugarCRM, did well and then on the hybrids you have MySQL, Novell, SUN, APPLE, Mozilla and more...
JBoss ENTERPRISE shit, created specifically to impress dumbshits in suits who don't know anything about what they're buying, except that it has Java in the name.
SugarCRM
More ENTERPRISE shit.
MySQL
Pile of shit; a miserable excuse for a halfassed, broken SQL implementation.
Novell
They store all of their liquid assets in the toilet, and are desperately trying to get it to flush.
SUN
All they have is their Java shitware, and they even give it away. Stupid fucking business model if you ask me.
(And it's not an acronym, dumbfuck)
APPLE
If not for the iPod and iPhone, they would be bankrupt. Their software is garbage that barely runs.
(Also not an acronym, dumbfuck.)
Mozilla
What do they have to offer? A shitty bloated web browser that they give away for free. Also ask a random person on the street if they've heard of Mozilla, you'll probably get a blank stare. But ask them about Firefox and they'll know.
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Anonymous2009-03-23 14:05
>>17 EXPERT DEBATOR]. My, what such oratorical skills you have