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More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size (2001)
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Hacker News | Sep 19, 2026 | bilegeek
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Thus, Red Hat Linux 7. 1 represents over a 60% increase in size, effort, and traditional development costs over Red Hat Linux 6. 2. open source / free software programs available worldwide. Note that Red Hat Linux 6. 2 was released on March 2000, and Red Hat Linux 7. 1 was released on April 2001. Note that unlike Red Hat Linux 6. 2, Red Hat Linux 7. 1 didn't old versions of them.
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