A so-called blogversation about open source and making money... As they say in Flemish: a fart in a bottle. A typical case of over-inflating personal experiences, presenting them as general wisdom and/or established trends. Frankly, I don't see any connection between open source development and making money. They seem parallel (and disconnected) activities to me. If there's a connection, it will be based on the individual participating in both activities. But if the person has no clue about both, he won't 'get it' automagically just because he does the one thing or the other. If you don't know how to make money, you won't make it because of open source.
It's frightening and a bit sad to see such non-statements being hyperlinked and quoted on TSS: a preference for form and style over content, apparently.
Fast-forward to the men's shower after the Sunday morning veteran football game: "Mine is 5 JSRs longer than yours." "Oh yeah, but mine has a JBoss logo on it." "Hey, let's suck." "Oh wait: are we sure enough people are watching?"
And yet you decided to fart with us... ;-)
Well, done son!