We discuss people's motivation to contribute time and content, and speculate on the total value of contributed content, the "gross contributed product."
In a recent report, the Linux Foundation, estimates that it would cost approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today’s dollars with today’s software development costs. The market research firm IDC reports that hardware and software spending related to Linux hit $21 billion during 2007, and predicts that it will rise to $48 billion by 2011.
To put the size of the Linux market in perspective, we note that in the year 2007, the GDP of the State of Maine was $48.1 billion, and the GDP of 7 states was less.
How many people would you estimate are employed in Linux-related industries?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Gross contributed product -- the value of Linux
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