This stuff is starting to piss me off. There is no bargain when using open source software.

The source is open so that you can look at it or change it. But you don't have to. And if you build a successful business, and happen to to use some open source software, you are not obligated to "give back," whatever that means. Free software is about freedom, not obligation.

This is true if the business you build sells fish and it is true if your business is Google.

Who hasn't made an amazing discovery using Google? Who hasn't saved weeks of time with a well-crafted search? Who hasn't recovered a lost web page using Google's cache?

Think of the web without Google. They've given plenty. Let's not give them shit for using Linux.