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ehutch79 on Dec 9, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yesterday I had this crazy idea: People pay me $15...

most open source software are tools, not products.

rmc on Dec 9, 2010 | [–]

So what about the Open Source Software that are products?

ianp on Dec 12, 2010 | [–]

Do you have any data to support this? That seems somewhat right to me, but i'm reluctant to trust a random declaration like that.

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