[lq:general] Linux Inc.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_05/b3918001_mz001.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_jan21&link_position=link1

"The phenomenon that Torvalds kicked off as a student at the University 
of Helsinki in 1991 had long been a loosey-goosey effort, with little 
structure or organization. Young students and caffeine-jazzed 
iconoclasts wrote much of the code in their spare time, while the 
overtaxed Torvalds stitched in improvements almost singlehandedly."

"[...] the organization supporting Linux has matured more dramatically 
than most outsiders realize."

"While there are still some individual volunteers and government 
agencies that chip in, more than 90% of the patches now come from 
employees at tech companies. Many of those workers are formerly 
independent aces who have been scooped up over the past few years. Some 
of these people simply submit code, and others, called maintainers, are 
in charge of improving specific functions."

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