[temp246810]

All things being equal it would take red hat ~30 quarters to make 2bn dollars, or roughly 7 years.

7 years to make what Oracle makes in a quarter.

I don't really have a dog in this fight but just FYI I think you missed ops point.

[john61]

RedHat contributes to the common good, Oracle for a few millionaires. Therefore they create more value.

[hendzen]

Does developing MySQL and Java somehow not contribute to the common good?

[reitanqild]

FWIW my feeling is that Oracle has made a net negative contribution to the Java ecosystem.

[pgaddict]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_...

[zzzzzzzza]

I thought we didn't care about cash flows when valuing tech companies, just growth prospects ;)