Novell Rises to Second Highest Linux Contributor

eldavojohn writes "Which companies contribute the most to the Linux kernel? Well, The Linux Foundation released their results and Novell's contributions have gone up 250% (from 3.6% of all contributions to 14.4% of all contributions) to put them at #2 behind Red Hat. This chart also illustrates just how widely Linux is modified by the community and not just a handful of developers/companies. You can find more coverage on blogs and the original report."

shhhhhhh be quiet, don't tell anyone

[zappepcs]

that this F/OSS stuff is actually working... that would just ruin everything. If this keeps up where will it stop? Baseball players playing for the love of the game? Backyard engineers reporting on bad levees? Damnit, this will ruin everything.

Missing?

[AJWM]

That's funny, I don't see Microsoft on that list anywhere...

Re:all because of SuSE ?

[eldavojohn]

and a SuSE user for seven years and twelve months

Would you venture so far as to say you've been a SuSE user for eight years?

Re:Captain Conspiracy Time

[NickFortune]

Linus and the kernel hackers are free to reject any and all code that comes from Novell.

Right. And therefore, presumably, the GP's concerns are without foundation, since it will be a simple matter to grep for the string SEKRIT MS PATENTED CODE: DO NOT USE in the comments.

I'm surprised no one has seen it before, really.

Re:You can make up a LOT when you don't know anyth

[Chris Burke]

These arguments are starting to sound like a "who's the alien shape shifter?" speech by the guy who's lost it in your average bad sci-fi show.

Yeah, and it's usually the first guy to ask that question who turns out to be the alien... waitaminute...

OMG, eldavojohn is submitting Windows code to the Linux kernel! Burn him!

Re:Where is Canonical?

[Breakfast Pants]

Most of Canonical's time is spent tediously making everything brown; it is a wonder they have as many kernel contributions as they do when you consider how many things they have managed to turn brown.