Lunduke - Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux

Turbocapitalist · 12-31-2023, 08:46 AM

Bryan Lunduke has gone over the Linux Foundation 2023 annual report and has noticed that it now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux, all while bringing in a quarter of a million dollars in revenue.

The LF Report for 2023, which self reports metadata "Creator Tool: Adobe InDesign 19.0 (Windows)", is available for download and weighs in at 160 pages but with a lot stock photos and white space padding.

(Edit: hint: page 158)

(Edit2:
https://project.linuxfoundation.org/....pdf?hsLang=en

Down to ~ 2% from ~ 3.2% the year before.)

_blackhole_ · 01-04-2024, 04:57 AM

The foundation used to fund development of Linux as it's sole purpose. How things have changed.

"Featured Projects":

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects

Linux is listed last. Simply put, the kernel is now mostly developed directly by developers on the payroll of those "Big Tech" corporations, which staff the foundation.

Pick a random one: "FINOS"

https://www.finos.org/members

Platinum donor: GitHub (Microsoft)

Another one: OpenSSF

https://openssf.org/about/members/

Premier members ($250,000) - $MANY_OF_THE_USUAL_SUSPECTS

jmccue · 01-04-2024, 10:10 AM

Hi us also being discussed in

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...et-4175732407/

I wonder if the treads should be combined ?