People who observes technological trends around the world used to wonder that, what are the factors that motivate open source contributors and users. An article published in Open Source Portal lists and explains 6 factors which motivates open source contributors and users.
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Open source is awesome, and there are many reasons why you might consider consuming, publishing, collaborating on, or supporting open source. There are many reasons why you should prefer consuming, publishing, collaborating on, and supporting open source, and if yours isn't listed here, I'd love to hear (and add) it. Whatever your reason, it's clear open source isn't the next big thing. Open source is already here.
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