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ZDNet: JBoss Expands Open-Source Reach

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“Open-source software company JBoss Group said Monday that it
will provide consulting services for other Java-related open-source
projects and will hire their lead programmers.

“The move is designed to boost the company’s revenue by
expanding the number of open-source products for which it provides
support services. In a model the company calls ‘professional open
source,’ JBoss Group gives away its namesake Java server software
for free and makes money by providing support services for it.

“With the deals announced Monday, JBoss Group will now sell
services for software from the Tomcat, JGroups, Hibernate,
Javassist and Nukes projects…”

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