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Linux Ecosystem Is Worth $25 Billion

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. What? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    There's no need for that, we already have the answer (see title).

  2. Re:How much is Linux worth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much is your business worth?

    -$104, 287 in the red ever since the BSA raided my small business. Turns out that a former employee(my dim but well-meaning wife) installed the same copy of Windows Vista Business on 5 computers while I had only 4 licenses.

    They came in with assault rifles and stomped my face into the ground with their jackboots and kevlar saying I was a "filthy pirate" and that I was "goin' on a free vacation to Gitmo" and stole all 6 computers including my Mac and my Linux box and told me that they were being used for software piracy. When I asked teh judge about my rights, he said "9/11 threat level yellow terrorist pirate national security" and now I write slashdot from a common terminal within a very sympathetic maximum security prison.

  3. That's NOTHING! by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    25 Billion? That's nothing. Have you seen how much just one of RIAA's infringed songs is worth???

  4. Mod by Shohat · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    There's no need for that, we already have the answer (see title).

    Mod parent recursive !!!

  5. Re:How much is Linux worth? by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone who downloads Britney is a "lost cause" but this is off-topic isn't it...

  6. Re:I Love Linux, but... by suggsjc · · Score: 4, Funny
    You make some good points, but I think you lost about half of your readers after this line:

    If I had to choose between sex and internet, I'd choose sex.

    --
    When I have a kid, I want to put him in one of those strollers for twins and then run around the mall looking frantic.