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Linux To Ring Up $35B By 2008

Posted by michael on from the money-in-the-bank dept.

al@opensourcebrowser.com pastes "For a theoretically free operating system, Linux is -- and will continue to be -- a cash cow, a research firm said Wednesday as it predicted the OS will bring in more than $35 billion in revenues by 2008. Framingham, Mass.-based IDC said that overall revenue for servers, desktops, and packaged software running on Linux will reach $35.7 billion in the next four years."

2 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Really? by Blapto · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'll be frank, I really can't see it generating that much of an income. There are only 6-7 Billion people in the world...

  2. Re:Karma points to.. by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Support fees and training courses, I'd guess. Note that this is only to be described as profiteering or monopolistic when Microsoft does it. When Redhat relies on support fees and training courses it's a viable business strategem.

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