I think the crux of FOSS is intrinsic motivation.People "need" to actually program design and make wonderful software/applications.It is just like what an artist feels about his art.And no where can you get the freedom to choose a technology domain and what ever but open source projects.
--vikas On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Sagar Belure <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > Maybe I'm asking another noob question. > But, wanted to know, how the big companies gain profit who run Free > and Open Source project like Mozilla, Apache, etc. > Of course, even if you are working for Free and Open source projects, > there has to be some income. > > I'm hoping for the varieties of views on this. > > PS: Apologize for the cross post. Do not include the other mailing > list id if you are not subscribed to it. > > -- > Thanks, > Sagar Belure > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
