Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Posted Jan 9, 2006 3:13 UTC (Mon) by mepr (guest, #4819)
In reply to: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP) by ayeomans
Parent article: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

While I agree that the linux platform (where by linux I'm referring to the whole operating environment found in redhat or suse or ubuntu.. gnu utilities, mit X11, gnome/kde/blackbox etc., mozilla, openoffice, etc., etc.) is most certainly worth more than $6bn, don't forget the claim is $6bn per /year/.

Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Posted Jan 9, 2006 4:00 UTC (Mon) by X-Nc (guest, #1661) [Link]

The per anum The per annum value of work being done on Linux in the open source world is greater than $6B. The R&D aspect is on par with any of the great powerhouses (like MIT or IBM).

Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Posted Jan 10, 2006 8:28 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Don't forget. David Wheeler estimated the value of the *current* kernel. Somewhere else you can find out how much work has been done on the kernels.

iirc about two thirds of the code of 2.6 is new since 2.4. So it's easy to do the maths and work out the "per year" value of the new code in linux if you have the figures and dates in front of you (I don't).

Cheers,
Wol