The Linux kernel: now and then
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| When Linus Torvalds was writing his kernel way back in the 1990s, he was
| working in a small bedroom in an average house in Finland and using hardware
| that wasn't exactly top of the range.
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| Among the companies that fund contributions to the kernel in the manner
| described, Red Hat, the premier Linux company, stands first with 11 per cent.
| A larger percentage is funded by individuals (17 per cent).
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16377/1148/
Related:
The Worth of Open Source? Open Question
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| MySQL, a fast-growing maker of database software used by some of the
| Internet's most recognized brands, is preparing to file for an initial public
| offering, perhaps as soon as late 2007. The offering could value the company
| at between $600 million and $1 billion, according to sources, and inject some
| pep into a tech IPO market that's seen only a handful of successful offerings
| in the past year. Credit Suisse (CS) is a top contender to lead the
| underwriting of the transaction, BusinessWeek has learned.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070625_775467.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories
http://tinyurl.com/3d9om3
Open source to hit $22 billion by 2010. What this means for Red Hat and Novell
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| Interestingly, this number jumps to $41 billion if you add in the $19 billion
| that enterprises will invest in internal open-source development instead of
| wasting it on proprietary software licenses, according to Morgan Stanley...
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9806036-16.html?tag=cnetfd.blogs.item
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