Author: JT Smith
David A. Wheeler has published his analysis of GNU/Linux source code, and has come up with some rather interesting results: “In particular, it would cost over $1 billion ($1,000 million – a Gigabuck) to develop this Linux distribution by conventional proprietary means in the U.S. (in year
2000 U.S. dollars). Compare this to the $600 million estimate for Red Hat Linux version 6.2 (which had been released about one year earlier).”
2000 U.S. dollars). Compare this to the $600 million estimate for Red Hat Linux version 6.2 (which had been released about one year earlier).”
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