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> Linux itself, if you value it at $1 per install is considerably more that 4 billion USD

Linux is $0.00 per install.

This is like saying you could charge for air.

It's important, but it's already free and abundant. You can't take it back and start charging for it anymore.



Collectively, we spend an awful lot of resources on air. Clearly it must be of some value, otherwise we wouldn't bother. Unless it's a scam.

Sure, we're not being metered and charged by volume of air used. But someone, somewhere, is spending money to make sure it's suitable for breathing. And it's a pretty penny too.


> This is like saying you could charge for air.

Is the value of air $0 to you?


The value and the cost are not the same.




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