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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."

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  1. I write OSS for Linux by Limburgher · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, where's my check? :)

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    1. Re:I write OSS for Linux by urlgrey · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah ha! It IS a conspiriacy.

      I've got it: Linus and Stallman are in cahoots, and they're cashing my checks!!

      ;-)

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  2. BUT WINDOWS IS CHEAPER!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    GET THE FACTS!

  3. $358 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw $358 and was not surprised.

  4. Re:Karma points to.. by Anti+Frozt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hopefully not the RIAA; otherwise, I would peg the revenue estimate at around $20.

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  5. more power to FOSS by adeydas · · Score: 2, Funny

    i presume most of this is from donations because the ISO's can be downloaded free. so if linux is turning into a cash cow just by being a free software, then think how much it would have made by being a commercial one... ha! ha! got ya... it would have made quite less as its appreciation comes from its FOSS tag, right?! now that's what i call paying for what you like and not what your vendor insists... more power to FOSS.

  6. $35.7bn? by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. That's a lot of SCO licenses.

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  7. Basic math by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, yeah. If you sell 100 Licences at $699 each (you cock smoking tea baggers), you're bound to make a bit of a profit.

  8. RMS just called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    He says the correct figure is GNU/$35B

  9. Don't count your money before it's made. by SetupWeasel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't we learn anything from 4 years of George W. Bush?

  10. That's where the number comes from! by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's just $1billion duped many times on Slashdot!

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    1. Re:That's where the number comes from! by fiftyfly · · Score: 2, Funny
      |snip|
      Real programmers have sixteen fingers.

      Hmmm - I guess, if you consider all 0x10 digits as fingers. I'm afraid 2 of mine are rather substandard and will be sticking to my O10 fingers and 10b thumbs....

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  11. TCO! by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 4, Funny

    [sarcasm]
    See! Windows is a lot cheaper than Linux - I mean, look how much money you have to spend on it!

    Hm? How much would it cost to do the same thing with Windows? That's not the point - look! Shiny object!
    [/sarcasm]

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  12. This is what happens... by donnz · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...when communists go bad

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    1. Re:This is what happens... by donnz · · Score: 2, Funny

      the problem with irony is that when you have to explain it it's no longer irony. Ironic, huh...

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  13. I see they discovered the secret formula!! by Dano+Watt · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, the three step program.

    1) Distribute OS for free
    2) ???
    3) Profit!


    All successful companies follow it, and so far, it hasn't failed yet.

    In other news, beating dead horses has reached an all time high.

  14. Cash cow? by daishin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its a cash penguin damnit!

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  15. Re:IMPORTANT: Firefox (luv hfis) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I laugh at you all, Linux pussyboys.

    I use CP/M, you insensitive clod!

  16. I wonder.... by blair1q · · Score: 3, Funny


    Do you think Linus Torvalds looks at that $35 billion valuation for Linux and thinks, "I wish I'd invented that..."

  17. In real terms by SuperBigGulp · · Score: 3, Funny

    $35B as in Beer?

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