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Study: Pure Open Source Is Not a Business Model

By Irina Guseva  |  Monday October 20, 2008   

According to a recent study by the 451 Group — an independent technology industry analyst company — the pure, non-hybrid open source is, apparently, not a viable business model.

Addressing the ever-so-popular question of how to make money from something that’s in its foundation free, the analyst company assessed the development, licensing and revenue-generation strategies used by open source.

At the same time, we’ve noticed that software giants like Microsoft started playing friendly in the open
source space. In addition, CMS vendors like eZ and Alfresco report that open source can be profitable.

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