How does open source the community survive?

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  Abhilash41

  Most professionals involved in open source development make a living by teaching, or consulting. Organizations do the same thing--teaching, consulting, products/companies.
  
  As for companies encouraging open source coding through competitions, doesn't it pay off by attracting the programmers towards these companies....?
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  mahul

  This is my doubt too. just because they r consulting/teaching, would it still pay off giving off software for free(when they have invested so much time and energy developing it) . And to top it all, linux distributing organizations even actaully send interested people linux distribution media(cd's or dvd's) free of cost. Now where do they finance this from??
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  Abhilash41

  Open source isn't exactly the non-profit venture most take it to be. Creativity and freedom are important aspects of the philosophy but that does not mean to imply that open-source can not be profitable. Check these links:
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  mahul

  thanxx abhilash...the links were cool....really cleared the whole thing up
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  Abhilash41

  you are welcome.
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  Ashraf HZ

  Ah.. we can use this concept to make CE a business too! We've always been striving to create open source programs.. this could be an incentive to start to actually develop them.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  ash

  Ah.. we can use this concept to make CE a business too! We've always been striving to create open source programs.. this could be an incentive to start to actually develop them.

  ..and that is the game plan 😁
  
  Generate wealth & distribute wealth - that's what we will do. But some time must pass before we achieve that stage.
  
  -The Big K-