>>There are plenty of open source models out there that still make money.
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>Name a few and prove that they are profitable.

I don't have time to scour the Net, and do your research for you. But you might look at RedHat, SlashDot.. to name a few. There are quite a few others, where the authors make money off of consulting etc. Take some time, and look through a search engine. You could find some.

Morgan