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Okay, smarty pants, how does Linux—which is open source—make its money?
Most distros are run by foundations which make a considerable amount of their money from Microsoft, grants, and donations
That's not true. Do you think the engineers working full time on Linux are being paid from donations?
They work for businesses.
Huh? I wasn't making a value judgement, I was just saying Linux development is largely funded from other means than donations.
There is no single "Linux" to make money is my point
It's organizations, sometimes non-profit and sometimes not. There is money in the building of linux. It doesn't run on wishes.
You're either a) misinformed if you think it's mostly funded by donations or b) not understanding the point.
Why should an OS kernel make money?
Why should Microsoft make money if they open source their OS?
The last half of your question is superfluous.