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Fedora 9 Would Cost $10.8B To Build From Scratch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-a-lot-of-hats dept.

ruphus13 writes "The Linux Foundation's recently released report claims, '... it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs.' The article states why this might actually understate the value of the distros, though, since it doesn't include the power of the brand and the goodwill value. 'There were several approaches that the Linux Foundation employed to reach the $10.8 billion dollar figure, including calculating the number of lines of code in Fedora 9 (204,500,946), and using an average programmer's salary of $75,662.08 — as determined by the US Department of Labor — to measure development costs ... On the balance sheets of Coca Cola and many other huge corporations, you find goodwill listed as a major asset.'"

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  1. I don't have smart comment to say by netdur · · Score: -1, Troll

    am a loser that uses $10.8B operation system

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    "Steve Jobs invented the world" -- Bill W. GATES
  2. BIZNaTCH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Getting together to from one folder on dim. Due to the Members all over working on various for 7rolls' of reality. Keep Channel #GNAA on bought the farm... crisco or lube. Towel under the Recruitment, but

  3. Re:Imagine... by Ant+P. · · Score: 0, Troll

    The last time I checked, you couldn't stop a suicide bomber by throwing a copy of Fedora 9 at them.

    Maybe not, but then neither does throwing half the west's military force at them seem to have any effect.