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There are several big-name companies see the value in open source development. For example, my father works for IBM at their Linux Technology Center. As he said when I was talking to him earlier, IBM thinks that having a healthy Linux system and community will be good for their company as well.

He also mentioned that he and other members of his group work a lot of extra hours, so in a way it's both their job and their hobby as well. It seems that many people find open source development more fulfilling than simply working on corporate projects, so it makes the extra work more like a hobby.

I'm still just a computer science student, but once I have the skills, I hope to find some open source project(s) to work on myself!

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