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JEB's Blog
Personal blog · blog.james.rcpt.tosystemsprogramming
JEB's Blog is a personal blog at blog.james.rcpt.to about systems and programming. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its estimates of the value of GNU/Linux and Debian, including a 2012 update to the 2001 "Gigabuck" estimate that puts Debian wheezy at $19 billion.
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What Hacker News says?
Wheeler put out a blog post: https://dwheeler.com/blog/2012/02/14/ linking to this blog post: https://blog.james.rcpt.to/2012/02/13/debian-wheezy-us19-bil... Saying it's an update of this article. In case you don't like reading URLs, the newer blog post says Debian "wheezy" is worth $19 billion. I consider this a simplistic analysis, because a closed-source Linux with a straightforward monetary pricetag would be wor…
Comment linking /2012/02/13/debian-wheezy-us19-billion-your-price-free/
on “More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size (2001)”Submitted Debian Wheezy: US$19 Billion. Your price… FREE as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Debian Cloud Sprint 2016 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Official Debian Images on Amazon Web Services EC2 as a story · 1 points
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