[awalias]

>It's really hard to make any money

Open sourcing your code doesn't necessarily mean that you're giving your product away for free.

The value in a lot of businesses (most?) is in the distribution and my core argument in the post is that being open source actually gives you an edge here, especially in markets where your competitors are unwilling to take this approach.

[nprateem]

Business value only matters if you can capture it.

[awalias]

Probably poor word choice from me but when I reference superior distribution I'm assuming 'value-capture'.

[nprateem]

I thought you were saying you'd have greater distribution if you give stuff away free, but in that case it's much more difficult to capture value from it. Everyone wants free stuff.