Collective Linux development model will be tough to beat, report...

Courtesy Enterprise Linux Log  Thu, 10/23/2008 - 10:30

The humble penguin is mascot of quite a treasure.

According to an updated Linux Foundation study , to build from scratch today, the Linux kernel would cost $1.4 billion; a typical Linux distro, $1.2 billion.

In addition, Fedora 9, the current community version of Red Hat’s operating system, would cost a whopping $10.8 billion to replicate in current dollars.

The study also quoted a report from Framingham, Mass.-based IDC that appraised the collective value of...

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