Star Linux Kernel Development Stats
Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Mon 14th Jul 2008 23:22 UTC
Linux "Linux kernel hacker Greg Kroah Hartman's June 5, 2008 talk at Google titled "The Linux Kernel" was chock-full of details about kernel development". This is a collection of some statistics about the Linux kernel development from that talk. Juicy Bit:"Supports more processors and devices than any other OS in history".
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RE: Amateur funding
by Rahul on Tue 15th Jul 2008 04:38 UTC in reply to "Amateur funding"
Rahul
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2005-07-06

It isn't funding. It is people hacking on their own time. As a organization, Red Hat is on the top

http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/04/08/red-hat-leads-open-source-co...

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RE[2]: Amateur funding
by tyrione on Tue 15th Jul 2008 05:52 in reply to "RE: Amateur funding"
tyrione Member since:
2005-11-21

It isn't funding. It is people hacking on their own time. As a organization, Red Hat is on the top

http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/04/08/red-hat-leads-open-source-co...


Correct and more to the point, the combined Corporate funding with hiring coders and more is the bulk of the work.

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RE[2]: Amateur funding
by gpierce on Tue 15th Jul 2008 07:58 in reply to "RE: Amateur funding"
gpierce Member since:
2005-07-07

From the article:

"# Who's funding Linxu kernel development ?

1. Amateurs 18.5%
2. Red Hat 11.6%..."

He says "funding" suggesting financial, not code, conributions. Or is he equating the two? In either case, it remains surprising that amateurs outrank all others.

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