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USA TODAY: How Linux came to be

[ Thanks to Larry J.
Blunk
for this link. ]

The question was as disarming as it was sincere.

“A long-time source, computer programmer and friend was on the
phone, chatting, as usual, about politics and his industry. Then
arose the white-hot topic of the day: the phenomenal performance of
Red Hat Inc. The company today is worth more than 20 times the
price at which it opened Aug. 11.”

“Now,” he said. “These guys give their software away. How
exactly do they make money?”

Complete
Story

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