8. Amazon.com Type Public ( NASDAQ : AMZN ) Founded 1994 Founder Jeff Bezos Headquarters Seattle , Washington , USA Area served Worldwide Key people Jeffrey P. Bezos Chairman , CEO , & President Industry Retail Products Amazon.com A9.com Alexa Internet IMDb Kindle Amazon Web Services dpreview.com Revenue ▲ US$ 19.166 billion ( 2008 ) Operating income ▲ US$ 842 million ( 2008 ) Net income ▲ US$ 645 million ( 2008 ) Employees 20,500 ( 2008 ) [1] Website Amazon.com Alexa rank 26 [2] Type of site e-commerce Advertising web banners and videos Available in English , Japanese , German , French , & Chinese Launched 1995
9. Lợi ích kinh tế và hạn chế từ Mã nguồn mở Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) model Open source software (OSS)