Who Writes Linux? There Are a Lot of Unknowns
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| According to the report the number of active kernel developers has tripled
| since 2005. All those developers are driving contributions of an average
| 3,621 lines of code per day, with new kernel releases coming out every 2.7
| months.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3737761/Who+Writes+Linux+There+Are+a+Lot+of+Unknowns.htm
http://tinyurl.com/32cxpl
Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains
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| Viro has contributed 1,571 changes to the kernel, which sits at the core of
| the Linux operating system, over the past three years, according to a new
| report from the Linux Foundation. That's more than any other individual
| developer, the report states. In contrast, Torvalds, the kernel's creator and
| steward, contributed 495 changes. Viro couldn't be reached for comment about
| the report.
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| But this group of coding superstars sails atop a roiling sea of newer
| community members, notes Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux
| Foundation. Roughly 3,700 developers from more than 200 companies have
| contributed to the kernel since 2005, according to the report.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/040108-linux-kernel-community-grows-but.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
"The number of developers working on improving Linux vastly exceeds the number
of Microsoft developers working on Windows NT."
--Paul Maritz, Microsoft
Related:
Linux contributor base broadens
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| With more companies funding Linux work, the core hackers now delegate
| 70% of the coding
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/062807-linux-contributor-base.html
Microsoft replaces Vista kernel in SP1
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| Well the answer is yes it has, and presumably the main reason for Microsoft’s
| silence on the subject is that as they’re keen to promote the improvements
| and enhancements to Vista, rather than placing emphasis on a kernel upgrade,
| which some people might see as a risk of newly-introduced instability.
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http://apcmag.com/7960/microsoft_replaces_the_vista_kernel_in_SP1
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