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From: Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] linux stats in last year from linuxcon
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ron minnich wrote:
> 2.7M lines last year
> 10K lines added a day.
> 5K lines deleted per day.
>
> I keep thinking this can't be sustained. What happens next?
>
> At the same time, well, as pointed out, we all use it all the time.
> I'm sending this from gmail.
>
> Or you can use Linux by googling these stats :-)
>
> ron
>
>
Here is a little related tidbit:
http://lwn.net/Articles/222773/
It shows employer/company vs. changed lines/contributions etc...
I think this has as much to do with the state of  the linux kernel as
the overall design and ideal therein.  It defines the 'new' open
source.   I don't think something this large can benifit anymore from
open source (as in open 'all the time' to anyone, everywhere -- as
opposed to let's say apple's version of open source dev).  The
development scheme just doesn't scale.
In any event, I'm still waiting for the damn thing to fork...

-Jack