Originally posted by Anselm Paulinus:
Sun survived
By selling servers, not by giving away Java for free.
the creator of all the open source frameworks you have been using survived
Not by devoting all their time on something they give away for free, but by having other streams of income.
what makes you feel an author wont survive because she open sourced her book
An author survives by making money on books they write, which is a time-consuming process.
means you do not know the secrets of open source yet
It think this statement is more valid when I say it.