Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 11:28 UTC
Novell and Ximian Novell's Linux investments are finally showing results as its Linux revenue of $61 million (EUR 52 million) jumped 418 percent from last year's fourth quarter. Novell announced its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year financial results, which ended October 31, 2005, on Thursday.
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RE[3]: Open Source!
by markbrophy on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 19:48 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Open Source!"
markbrophy
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2005-07-18

i never heard of this type of economics before. supply and demand, net gain or net loss, fair market competition, dow jones industrial, nasdaq... these are words i am more familiar with. care for some explaining?

If I'm not mistaken, I think he's referring to the way razor companies (Schick, Gillette, etc) perform business. They practially give away the razor, but then charge a fortune for the blades. Kind of like printer companies with their cartridges. Anywho, if I'm mistaken, someone please correct me.

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