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Since when is Linux making enough money to survive as a business? They get donations. So maybe you should think again.
by gsmaverick 18y ago
Since when is Linux making enough money to survive as a business? They get donations. So maybe you should think again.
- michaelneale 18y agoProbably not quite what you meant, but most of the kernel developers are paid to work on it full time (and by most I mean >90%, last I heard). Whilst that is not a business in the same sense, there is business around enough to make it worth while.
- johngunderman 18y agoNovell and Red Hat both are real world corporations, and Ubuntu + others are on their way to joining them. Claiming that linux cannot survive as a business is quite frankly foolish. It exists and thrives in a capitalistic market, and with all due respect, it most certainly can make enough money to survive as a business. Note my comment was not specifying the linux kernel in itself, but rather the larger scope of the OSS and GNU/Linux projects. I welcome any counter-arguments.