Please edit along, I unlocked it (so said the interface)
Business Models:
Consulting
- RedHat
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Basic-for-free
- Tons. The basic version is open source, the “pro” version has some closed source components (e.g. PyCharm)
Good maintainability (not open source, but…)
- Business Laptops by Lenovo, HP etc. are comparatively easy to repair and have Service Manuals (a how-to-repair guide by the manufacturer), Reason: Probably businesses want their things to work again quickly. No 2 Weeks send in etc.
- Some IKEA furniture is rather easy to extend, long running. E.g. IVAR
Strengthen the ecosystem
- Google: Chromium (is base of Chrome (which itself is not fully open)), Android
- Microsoft (very recently, but still…)
- Apple
Sell the finished products
- Arduino
- …