135 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 28 Aug \ on: Is open-source worth it? tech
The ROI is the free software
Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.
You don't have to pay people to scratch their own itch. However, you do have to pay people to write/work on inferior software.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar
This is true
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