Re: [ilugd] Meet today - feedback - where does the money comes from in FOSS

2008-08-23 Thread Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)
abhishek jain wrote: > A question arised - what is the motivator behind the FOSS development, > is it money, or rather can it be money. There is an existing body of papers on similar themes at http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php?lim=1000 -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature

Re: [ilugd] Meet today - feedback - where does the money comes from in FOSS

2008-08-23 Thread Ajay Bramhe
Good Question... I was also thinking about the same. One of my friend is very good in linux programming but he don't go for Open Sourceb'coz he don't know...earning potential in it. Anyone plase help. Regards... AjayB On 8/23/08, abhishek jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I was on

[ilugd] Meet today - feedback - where does the money comes from in FOSS

2008-08-23 Thread abhishek jain
Hello, I was one of the many persons who attended the talks given by Gora and the other people. A question arised - what is the motivator behind the FOSS development, is it money, or rather can it be money. What do you think, What is the economics behind FOSS. How can one earn substantial money th