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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@stilkov does itemis count?
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@markusvoelter I don’t think so, does itemis self-identify as an OSS company? I’d still call it a consultancy. But you know the details.
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@stilkov MySQL AB maybe, but they never released numbers beyond those found here (revenue mostly): buytaert.net/the-history-of-…
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@Argorak Maybe. I’m inclined to believe they did, but who knows.
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@stilkov MongoDB is profitable I think. Maybe eben Basho?
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@_lennart Really? I very strongly doubt that either of them is.
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@stilkov @nuxeo is I think
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@stilkov Red Hat
@dl1ely @stilkov @markusvoelter it is not scalable revenue: you need to hire more consultants. Therefore it is unlike license revenue.
@dl1ely @stilkov @markusvoelter probably it cannot support an OSS project sustainably.
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