Is FOSS Big Business in the U.S.?

[ Thanks to D.C. Parris for this link. ]

"Just sharing some thoughts on FOSS businesses in the US, based on data I've collected on nearly 1000 companies.

"I re-opened a survey of companies providing services around Free/Open Source Software that I began sometime last year. I've misplaced some of the earlier files, which held fairly accurate findings on the data I collected. I was trying to re-open this in April, and even managed to finally complete my data set (realizing that the landscape is always changing)..."

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