Web and Mobile Apps Dev

Most of GNU/Linux users are contributing to the Linux community either through Corporate Contribution or through Community Contribution. Recently, I found an interesting post at theregister.co.uk states that most of the Linux code(75%) comes from Corporation Contribution (which is paid to write the code), another 18% comes from community contribution (which is volunteered), and another 7% of the code is unclassified (which might also be volunteered).

The following are top companies that contributed to the 75% of Linux code:

• Red Hat ……… 12%
• Intel ……………. 8%
• IBM ……………. 6%
• Novell ………… 6%
• Oracle …………. 3%

Google and Apple, which both use Linux-based system, are absent from the GNU/Linux Contribution list. Perhaps those two companies have very little contribution to the Linux code? I know that Google has several Open Source projects and it’s building its own Linux distro, Chrome OS. Personally I don’t like Apple because its expensive hardware and almost all of the digital contents that come from Apple are DRM-restricted.

NOTE: This post is the correction of the earlier post. Some of the comments below might not reflect content of this post.