Also on the business model (can of worms alert), Stallman n co say that the money lies in providing support to OSS. The movie showed that despite initial hoopla, VA Linux went down under due to mounting losses. Anyone know of a slightly more lived success story? This is an aspect that bothers me at times.
Redhat, Novell, Canonical (Ubuntu) just to name a few. No to mention all those businesses that thrive on providing OSS based solutions with their proprietary apps mixed in.
And talking about VA Software (previously VA Linux) going down under, they have recently announced a profitable quarter (disclaimer: business terms make me dizzy so if there's any fine print there that says otherwise then please let me know)
http://www.vasoftware.com/news/press.php/2006/1560.html
Their major sources of income probably are Slashdot and sourceforge.
Regards, Siddhesh