Interesting article relevant to this thread...
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/1316/1/
SourceXchange Goes Live
Hewlett-Packard Among Initial Users of the New Service
Kevin Reichard
"Collab.Net announced today that it has finished its
beta-test phase and gone into production with its first service,
sourceXchange, a marketplace where open-source developers match their
expertise to committed buyers with well-defined, financially backed
open-source projects."