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		djakjxnanjak on March 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open Source Doesn’t Make Money Because It Isn’t De... > Unfortunately most of the wealth created by OSS is being reaped by the large cloud vendors The amount of value generated by open source software running on cloud providers may be much greater than the fees those providers are charging. It’s not a zero-sum game.

collinmanderson on March 20, 2019 [–]

Exactly, I think everyone down the line benefits from savings from Open Source software.

If cloud vendors used proprietary software they'd have to charge more to their customers.

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