[Sussex] What is Linux Worth?

[Andrew Guard]

2008/10/23 Steve Dobson <steve.dobson at syscall.org.uk>:
> Hi All
>
> There is a new development cost analysis of Linux available (updated
> from the 2002 version).  Back in 2002 David Wheeler came up with a cost
> for writing a Linux distro from scratch $1.2 billion USD.
>
> Well a lot more code as been written and added to the distros today so
> what is the cost now?  $10.8 billion!  Their distro this time was Fedora
> Linux 9, which they openly admit does not have the most code as part of
> that distro.
>
> If you read no other part of this report I do recommend the conclusions
> to you as they talk their about what the real worth of Linux is.
>
> This is one for your IT boss's in-tray.
>
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.php
>

So is time that should start invoice the Red Hats of this world. Well
Debian/Ubuntu and co. charges nothing for there so called "enterprise"
version.



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