The Linux Foundation Releases First-Ever Value of Collaborative Development Report - Seite 2

In other words, it would take 1,356 developers 30 years to recreate the code bases present in Linux Foundation's current Collaborative Projects listed above. The total economic value of this work is estimated to be over $5 billion dollars.

Current Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects include AllSeen Alliance, Automotive Grade Linux, Cloud Foundry Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Code Aurora Forum, Core Infrastructure Initiative, Dronecode, IO Visor, IoTivity, Kinetic Open Storage Project, Let's Encrypt, Node.js Foundation, Open Container Project, Open Mainframe Project, OPNFV, Open Virtualization Alliance, OpenDaylight, openMAMA, R Consortium, Tizen, Xen Project and Yocto Project. New Collaborative Projects announced jus this week include ODPi, ON.Labs and Open API Initiative. Not all projects were included in the analysis due to a variety just becoming LF Collaborative Projects. More details available in the complete report.

"When people have the tools and connections to collaborate on a massive scale, any problem can be solved," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at Linux Foundation. "We believe only the Distributed Genius of thousands of people working as one can solve the most challenging problems of our time. Collaboration is today's competitive advantage."

The report is co-authored by Jeff Licquia, software engineer at Linux Foundation; and Amanda McPherson, The Linux Foundation's chief marketing officer. To download the full report, please visit The Linux Foundation's Publication's website at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/estimating-total-development-cost-linux-foundation-collaborative-projects

Since 2008, The Linux Foundation has worked with the world's leading technology companies and most talented developers to host large-scale open source projects across multiple segments of the technology industry. By spreading the collaborative DNA of the largest collaborative software development project in history, The Linux Foundation provides the essential collaborative and organizational framework so project hosts can focus on innovation and results. For more information about Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects, please visit: http://collabprojects.linuxfoundation.org/

About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux and collaborative software development. Founded in 2000, the organization sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and promotes, protects and advances the Linux operating system and collaborative software development by marshaling the resources of its members and the open source community. The Linux Foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting Collaborative Projects, Linux conferences, including LinuxCon and generating original research and content that advances the understanding of Linux and collaborative software development. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

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