Comment on Nginx established as a companyparentComments−jinushaun15yRed Hat is the poster child for making money off of supporting open source−16s15yThey do far more than support. They pay a lot of kernel devs, compiler devs and they maintain a secure, well-tested stable kernel for years on end.Saying that they only do support (discarding all of their engineering work and contributuions) is not accurate.−stonemetal15yNo one is saying that is all they do. However they get paid by selling support contracts. They don't get paid for kernel or compiler development.−rokhayakebe15yMySQL as well.
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Red Hat is the poster child for making money off of supporting open source
They do far more than support. They pay a lot of kernel devs, compiler devs and they maintain a secure, well-tested stable kernel for years on end.
Saying that they only do support (discarding all of their engineering work and contributuions) is not accurate.
No one is saying that is all they do. However they get paid by selling support contracts. They don't get paid for kernel or compiler development.
MySQL as well.