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fwiw:
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/08/2148207
David Lyon wrote:
> All,
>
> Those were some interesting facts about open-source.
>
> Especially about Linux and IBM.
>
> If IBM has plowed so much money (did I read right, about $1B?) into Linux,
> that therefore probably makes Linux an 'IBM product'. I'm not saying this in
> a derogatory sense, rather a complimentory one.
>
> Just that in the business world, saying to business people, "IBM put a $1B
> into Linux" gives people a lot more security than describing Linux as being
> the hacks of a university student.
>
> Companies like Redhat, who are definitely a very well known company with a
> good product, haven't exactly taken over the world so to speak. But obviously
> they have performed quite well financially in recent times, well enough to
> give the founders enough money to buy an uncramped bungalow and
> transportational vehicles with smooth and shiny paint.
>
> As for the ones that haven't worked, maybe they didn't have strong enough
> branding or a compelling enough customer proposition. In any case, the
> statistical certainty is that more companies will fail than will survive. In
> all cases, not exactly something to worry too much about.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
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