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AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source

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  • Jan 14, 2019
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Ben Thompson
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In 1999, music industry revenue in the United States peaked at $14.6 billion (all numbers are from the RIAA). It is important to be precise, though, about what was being sold: $12.... Show More

In 1999, music industry revenue in the United States peaked at $14.6 billion (all numbers are from the RIAA). It is important to be precise, though, about what was being sold:

$12.8 billion was from the sale of CDs
$1.1 billion was from the sale of cassettes
$378 million was from the sale of music videos on physical media
$222.4 million was from the sale of CD singles

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