By Quentin Hardy July 23, 2014 2:28 pm July 23, 2014 2:28 pm A trend of businesses that start with open source models and then switch to more proprietary offerings raises the question of whether it makes sense to build free stuff at all. Credit Screen shot, via Big Switch Networks Remember how the open source software movement was supposed to be like Woodstock, with everybody sharing and everythin
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