A new report from 451 Group tells us the obvious -- open source is not a business model. Having spent countless hours with execs at Sangoma, Digium and Fonality I can tell you this is common sense in communications. In fact most open-source vendors now use some kind of commercial license. In case you are interested in learning more, check out this article from ReadWriteWeb.
Is Open Source a Business Model
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