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by sent-hil 1409 days ago
> Part of me wonders about the feasibility of an open source business based around paid support and training of a complex professional tool. I know of cases this works for tools aimed at software engineers, but I’d be curious if that was really attempted with CAD

Solidworks isn't open source, but they provide support and training. So it's possible of open source business to do the same.