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		Duff on Jan 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Redis: the AK-47 of databases I doubt the actual weapon was profitable. They literally made like 75 million of the things. The Soviets may have made a few bucks setting up factories in the 3rd world for licensed production.

iujyhgftrgh on Jan 28, 2011 [–]

Colonel Kalashnikov was paid by a west german company that owned the marketing rights to the name - I think they made aftershave!

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