"And therein lies the great paradox: Open-source code is generally great code, not requiring much support. So open-source companies that rely on support and service alone are not long for this world. The traditional open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors."
Points again to people worried about threats of lawsuits.
"Trying to shift the burden of proof back onto themselves, I asked why they don't contribute to the open-source projects from which they derive so much value. Many indicated that it's too hard to contribute back to open-source projects due to internal legal issues and the high bar to knowing how to contribute. They suggested that they would instead prefer to pay the open-source companies to do that work for them."
How can ESR write this and not mention Eric von Hippel?
"I think that the survey reflects a continued misunderstanding among large companies about how widespread is the use of open source software.The failure to have an open source use policy is very dangerous in the world of complicated “hybrid†products: open source licenses do not mix well with commercial licenses without careful analysis."
Interesting marketing attempt. I think I might hate it.
Having looked at the site, I'm still not quite sure what the big difference between this site and most recipe sites.
"The definitive collection of research into Open Source software"
