I wonder: Are there well-known, profitable Open Source companies? I’m not talking about billion dollar acquisitions, but operating profits.
Apr 15, 2014 · 3:27 PM UTC
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@frankfurtine Has been part of Novell for a long time, not sure. But maybe, yes.
@dl1ely @markusvoelter @ewolff There’s a difference in the degree of separation. E.g. we do some OSS @innoQ, but it’s mostly tangential
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@dl1ely @markusvoelter @ewolff @innoq Not the way I’m referring to. OSS can (and should) be a part of a strategy. If can’t be *the* strategy
@elefevre Yeah, I forgot about them. MySQL as well, though no one knows for sure. Any others?
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@stilkov Neo technology? Typesafe? I don't know if they are profitable but seem fairly successful. And Basecamp (37 signals)?
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@toredk Neo and Typesafe: I don’t think so, both are VC-backed and highly unlikely to be profitable (probably not even their goal yet).
