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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38797213

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Reports/2023_lf_annual_report_122123a.pdf?hsLang=en

- Cloud, Containers, & Virtualization 25%

- Networking & Edge 13%

- AI, ML, Data & Analytics 12%

- Web & Application Development 11%

- Cross-Technology 8%

- Privacy & Security 4%

- IoT & Embedded 4%

- Blockchain 4%

- DevOps, CI/CD, & Site Reliability 3%

- Open Source & Compliance Best Practices 3%

- System Administration 2%

- Linux Kernel 2%

- System Engineering 2%

- Storage 2%

- Open Hardware 1%

- Safety-Critical Systems 1%

- Visual Effects 1%

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Without doing research, but the Linux Foundation is also the parent of the CNCF, the foundation that funds Kubernetes and many adjacent projects. I can imagine that they get a lot more money as there are probably more developers handling CNCF projects than the Linux Kernel.