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by ThrowawayR2
495 days ago
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Being free as in beer and compatible enough with the incumbent UNIX ecosystem to gain initial traction is a big chunk of why Linux won. Giving something of value away for free is extremely hard to compete with. The other part is the UNIX server manufacturers falling behind on performance versus Intel and their fab prowess and AMD with their x86-64 architecture. Sun Microsystems went from being the second highest market cap in tech in 2000 to being bought by Oracle in 2009. |
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