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mouser:
I was surprised by this.. not good or bad, just surprising and very interesting.

According to the report, the top 10 contributors, including the groups "unknown" and "none" make up nearly 70 percent of the total contributions to the kernel. Even if one assumes that all of the "unknown" contributors were working on their own time, more than 70 percent of all kernel development is still done by developers who are being paid for their work.. That Linux is primarily developed by paid developers should come as no surprise considering that Linux enables many companies--hardware, software, and online services--to be more competitive in their markets and to find new ways to generate revenue.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20024219-62.html





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40hz:
Falls under the heading of "Enlightened Self-Interest"

I'm not surprised in the least.

The businesses paying these developers are no fools. Paying the salaries of a few (or even many) part and/or full time developers is an investment in a proven technology that would cost them hundreds of millions to develop individually; and tens of millions to maintain on their own.

It's almost like offering to pay for gas and a tune-up, and being handed a TopGear type sports car to drive in return.

But we always knew these guys were smart, didn't we?  ;D

MilesAhead:
Hmmmmmm, makes me wonder if Isaac Asimov really wrote all those science fiction works.  If you reverse his initials, you get AI.  Wonder if that's a hint they were really generated by a smart computer?

phitsc:
But isn't that the case with many of the larger well-known open source projects? Thinking about stuff like Firefox, Open Office, MySQL etc.

40hz:
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