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According to Eric Stephen Raymond, open source is creating more jobs than it destroys. Furthermore, how many software companies have fallen due to an open source competitor?
Back when I was freelancing I wouldn't have been able to make as much money if I had to pay software licenses. Thanks to open source I could write an entire web application without giving money to useless rent-seekers.