This is my un-researched observation of how open source works: If there is a vested interest for a company to directly support an open source project (Linux) it is because they use Linux in their own product (Android phones, HP or IBM servers, Cisco routers) and mostly develop device drivers to support their devices which work their way back to the Linux project. As for other major open source products (Perl, Python, PHP), there are for-profit companies which support those products (ActiveState) whose work also goes back into the open source space.
I am hard pressed to think of a major company (Microsoft, Google, Apple) which directly supports an open source product other than Linux. Are there such examples? Who is directly supporting Perl development? Take a look at the list on the Perl Foundation web site: http://www.perlfoundation.org/sponsors. I recognize only one name in the list. For comparison, the Python donor's list is not that much more attractive: http://www.python.org/psf/donations. Thanks, David _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
