He says: Using OSS, the Hardware vendor makes money- the consultant makes money, supporter makes money.. EVERYBODY but the poor developer. He wants to know how, without money, will these developers be able to sustain such development?
Actually, the developer can make money. It is just that they would make money by supplying support (which most commercial and non-hobbiest users need) rather than selling the code. If you think about it, part of what you pay for commercial proprietary software is for support. And support includes making a profit on books and CDs and AFAIK, you can also sell a proprietary installation program.
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