Is there a bright future for open software projects?

[Godefroid Chapelle]

At 15:12 29/11/2002, A wrote:
>Hi all,
>For  some time I am thinking about what firms or  programmers  can afford 
>to develop
>open/free software. I myself have been using free programming languages ( 
>Perl and now
>Python) for about 4 years.But it seems to me very difficult to develop 
>free software because
>either I can program only when I have free time and then the development 
>is going very
>slowly or someone must pay for the software anyway because  programmers 
>must also
>earn money to   live  and then why and who should pay for free software?
>And my question:
>Is it possible to develop open(FREE) software that is  better or at least 
>of same quality like
>paid software?
>What companies like ActiveState.com or similar live on if they offer free 
>software?
>Best regards and thanks to all who still develop FREE software.
>Ladislav
Take a look for example at www.zope.com, they offer services/applications 
based on the free/open source software they produce. A lot of companies do 
the same with Zope in Europe.

Jabber.com has the same type of approach.


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