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Millionaires, Billionaires, and Open Source
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| Developers can make millions, even hundreds of millions, but technical
| brilliance almost never come with the business genius and/or amorality
| required to make billions.
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| The open-source developers become millionaires. The old-school hardware, Sun;
| software, Novell; and Internet, Yahoo companies take a major step towards
| open source. Everybody’s happy.
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http://practical-tech.com/business/millionaires-billionaires-and-open-source/
Related:
Why Larry loves Linux (and he’s not alone)
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| How? Last quarter, the business software giant pointed out that its database
| market share actually tends to improve when customers move to Linux, which
| has been a fast-growing server operating system for much of the decade. And
| Oracle is poised to capitalize on open-source trends in other ways. For
| instance, the company distributes Linux for free, and makes money by offering
| support.
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| So far so good: earlier this year CEO Larry Ellison reported that Oracle is
| in the early stages of selling high-margin Linux support contracts, some for
| as much as $500,000 a pop. Ellison claims the open-source strategy is also
| helping to lure database business away from competitors. “We’re just taking
| share right away from IBM on mainframes and we’re taking share away from
| Microsoft using Linux,” he told analysts in September.
| More from Big Tech
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| The Linux love-fest doesn’t stop with Oracle.
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http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/12/19/why-larry-loves-linux-and-hes-not-alone/
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