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InternetNews Realtime IT News - How Much Is a Linux Distro Worth?
In tough economic times, it's always a good idea to know what you're worth -- especially for a product potentially worth billions, even if it's often given away for free. In a study that aims to take stock of the value of the Linux kernel and a typical Linux distribution, the Linux Foundation ...
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Access Announces ALP v3.0 and ALP mini
Access Announces ALP v3.0 and ALP mini
palminfocenter.com — Access Linux Platform 3.0 Access has announced a number of new initiatives around its Access Linux Platform at a company event this week in Tokyo. The company has announced version 3.0 of the Access Linux Platform . Providing little technical details, ... (more) Access Announces ALP v3.0 and ALP mini
Debian -- The Universal Operating System
debian.org — What is Debian? Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic ... (more) Debian -- The Universal Operating System
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Linux Foundation Reverse Engineers the Cost of a Linux Distro [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — Buzz is going around about a new report from the Linux Foundation, which finds that "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." You can get the complete findings here. Here are some of the highlights from the report, and what's missing. The Linux Foundation's report is an update of a study done in 2002, which found that it would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone. (Many commercial companies, ...

Linux Foundation Reverse Engineers the Cost of a Linux Distro
OStatic blogs — Buzz is going around about a new report from the Linux Foundation, which finds that "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." You can get the complete findings here. Here are some of the highlights from the report, and what's missing. The Linux Foundation's report is an update of a study done in 2002, which found that it would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone. (Many commercial companies, including ...

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