Linux Is the Largest Software Development Project On the Planet: Greg K-H (cio.com)

sfcrazy writes: Greg Kroah-Hartmant, the Linux superstar, delivered a keynote at CoreOS Fest where he gave some impressive details on how massive is the Linux project. Kroah-Hartman said the latest release (4.5) made two months ago contains over 21 million lines of code. More impressive than the amount of code, and what truly makes Linux the world's largest software project is the fact that last year around 4,000 developers and at least 440 different companies that contributed to the kernel. Kroah-Hartman said, "It's the largest software development project ever, in the history of computing -- by the number of people using it, developing it, and now using it, and the number of companies involved. It's a huge number of people."

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Re:The greatest software project on Earth

[bluefoxlucid]

My impression is Linux isn't inherently bigger and more complex than things like Windows and AIX; it has many fewer users; and yet it draws on a much greater pool of developer time. It's inefficient, costly, and wasteful. The project just isn't well-run; it's mostly arguments, bits of code in and out, and no planning or goals.