Open source to most people might means free. A user sees a bug, they consult the community, a fix is offered, an update is made and the user keeps on using the software they downloaded for free in the first place. Yet Adobe brings in €6 billion a year and Canonical makes $100 million a year. Companies like Oracle have a firm commitment to open source projects and still have revenues exceeding $37 billion per year. So, if there is big money in open source software, where does it come from?
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Open Source Lisbon 2018
The 16th edition of Open Source Lisbon, the biggest and most important Open Source event in Portugal, will take place on the 27th of September 2018.
This upcoming edition will be hosted at Cidade do Futebol, and it will gather national and international IT experts that will present the potential of Open Source technologies on the development and success of corporate strategy, as well as its importance for technological innovation.
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Open Source
opensourcetools
productivity
software
digitaltransformation
community
developers
drivinginnovation
development
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opensourcelisbon
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