6. serv·ice
•the supplying or supplier of
utilities or commodities, as
water, electricity, or gas,
required or demanded by
the public.
•something made or done by
a commercial organization
for the public benefit and
without regard to direct profit
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10. “75% of the code comes from people paid to do it”
Kernel Patches Devs
2.6.29 11600 1170
2.6.30 11700 1130
2.6.31 10600 1150
2.6.32 10800 1230
2.6.33 10500 1150
2.6.34 9100 1110
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11. Top 5 Contributors
•12.3% Red Hat
•7.6% IBM
7.6% Novell
•5.3% Intel
•2.4% Oracle
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12. 64.8% by 100s of others
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13. 64.8% by 100s of others
And that’s just the kernel
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