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Open Source worth $7B, no Apple search, custom kernels no longer useful: Linux & Open Source News
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this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
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Trying to put a value on open source, there will never be a value to equal what open source provides the people.
How do you put a value on somebody’s passion who works hours long to create something free of charge.
From what I understand, using a monetary amount in this case isn't meant to be taken literally, but to illustrate the impact open source as a whole provides, since money is probably the measure of "value" people are most familiar with and consider the most objective.
I like to think of it as an indicator of "value to society" and as a way to compare it with other efforts/ventures, even if it isn't quite 1:1