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Linux Ecosystem Is Worth $25 Billion

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-piece-could-buy-you-a-cup-of-coffee dept.

darthcamaro writes "How much is Linux worth today? That's a question the Linux Foundation is trying to answer in a new report expected to be released on Wednesday.

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  1. Re:Not something to brag about? by Calsar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The 5% figure sounds reasonable. Microsoft isn't just windows. It is the Microsoft Office Suite, SQL Server, Visual Studio, .Net and a whole host of other software packages. If you wanted to get an open source "ecosystem" value equivalent to Microsoft you would have to include several other open source projects like Open Office, MySQL, Eclipse, Java, J2EE, and many others.