Hi. This report is real interesting reading, it could be real cool to do the same math for ASF.
Is anybody interested in forming a small work team (a LABS project), and try to do the calculation for ASF ? rgds jan I. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Linux Foundation <no-re...@linuxfoundation.org> Date: 30 September 2015 at 14:21 Subject: A $5B Value: The Code in Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects To: jancasacon...@gmail.com Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/webmail/6342/660023375/7f912be3342cd3bcc0a96fc9875f6fc8> . NEW Report: Estimating the Total Development Costs of Collaborative Projects <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/ndation-collaborative-projects/2v9lw6/660023375> The Linux Foundation today is releasing its first-ever report that attempts to measure the collective value of development costs in its Collaborative Projects. The report is titled “*A $5 Billion Value: Estimating the Total Development Cost of Linux Foundation’s Collaborative Projects <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/ndation-collaborative-projects/2v9lw6/660023375>.* ” Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems. More than 500 companies and thousands of developers from around the world contribute to these open source software projects that are changing the world in which we live. *Top-level findings from the report include:* - The total *lines of source code* present today in Linux Foundation’s Collaborative Projects are *115,013,302*. - The *estimated, total amount of effort* required to retrace the steps of *collaborative development* for these projects is *41,192.25 person years*. - 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* <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/avO7n/2v9lvl/660023375>. We believe that when people have the tools and trust to collaborate on a massive scale, nearly any problem can be solved. In fact, the most complex technology challenges of our day are being solved through collaboration and what we call Distributed Genius <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-player-embedded-v-SqXUu-EsAiE/2v9lvn/660023375>. Distributed Genius is when thousands of people from every corner of the world bring their genius and their unique experience to bear. <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-player-embedded-v-SqXUu-EsAiE/2v9lvn/660023375> Join the conversation on Twitter with #DistributedGenius <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/q-23DistributedGenius-src-typd/2v9lvq/660023375> or learn more about our Collaborative Projects at http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/2015-09-30/2v9lvs/660023375 <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/TheLinuxFoundation/2v9lvv/660023375> <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/linuxfoundation/2v9lvx/660023375> <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/groups-gid-48682/2v9lvz/660023375> <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/105083814157272466314-posts/2v9lw2/660023375> <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/user-TheLinuxFoundation/2v9lw4/660023375> *Copyright © 2015 , All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* The Linux Foundation 660 York Street Suite 102 San Francisco, CA 94110 You are receiving this email because you have opted-in to receive occasional news updates from The Linux Foundation. Update subscription preferences <http://go.linuxfoundation.org/email-preference-center?ehash=7f912be3342cd3bcc0a96fc9875f6fc8&email_id=660023375> .
