Top Contributors to Linux Kernel Development

I always wondered exactly who are the top contributors to linux kernel development
Here is a answer for that some of them known but some of them not very well.

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126 employers found

Top changeset contributors by employer
(Unknown)                 1116 (15.8%)
(None)                     843 (11.9%)
Red Hat                    827 (11.7%)
IBM                        557 (7.9%)
Linux Foundation           528 (7.5%)
Novell                     449 (6.3%)
Intel                      242 (3.4%)
Oracle                     158 (2.2%)
MIPS Technologies          143 (2.0%)
Nokia                      133 (1.9%)
NetApp                     119 (1.7%)
NTT                         99 (1.4%)
Astaro                      97 (1.4%)
MontaVista                  90 (1.3%)
(Consultant)                86 (1.2%)
SGI                         84 (1.2%)
Qumranet                    74 (1.0%)
QLogic                      70 (1.0%)
(Academia)                  70 (1.0%)
SWsoft                      64 (0.9%)
Analog Devices              61 (0.9%)
HP                          60 (0.8%)
Sony                        59 (0.8%)
rPath                       56 (0.8%)
XenSource                   53 (0.7%)
CERN                        49 (0.7%)
CC Computer Consultants     48 (0.7%)
Freescale                   47 (0.7%)
Fujitsu                     47 (0.7%)
Tripeaks                    46 (0.7%)
linutronix                  44 (0.6%)
Snapgear                    39 (0.6%)
Simtec                      34 (0.5%)
Atmel                       28 (0.4%)
Google                      28 (0.4%)
Cisco                       27 (0.4%)
Toshiba                     25 (0.4%)
Broadcom                    25 (0.4%)
SteelEye                    24 (0.3%)
Renesas Technology          23 (0.3%)
Mellanox                    21 (0.3%)
LSI Logic                   17 (0.2%)
Adaptec                     16 (0.2%)
Wipro                       15 (0.2%)
Marvell                     14 (0.2%)
Miracle Linux               14 (0.2%)
Solid Boot Ltd.             14 (0.2%)
AMD                         12 (0.2%)
Hitachi                     11 (0.2%)
ARM                         11 (0.2%)
Canonical                   10 (0.1%)
XIV Information Systems      9 (0.1%)
OpenedHand                   9 (0.1%)
Open Grid Computing          9 (0.1%)
Veritas                      8 (0.1%)
Secretlab                    7 (0.1%)
Neterion                     7 (0.1%)
Katalix Systems              7 (0.1%)
SANPeople                    7 (0.1%)
Digi International           7 (0.1%)
Znyx Networks                6 (0.1%)
Wind River                   6 (0.1%)
NEC                          6 (0.1%)
Wolfson Microelectronics     6 (0.1%)
SUNY Computer Science        6 (0.1%)
NetXen                       6 (0.1%)
NVidia                       6 (0.1%)
Myricom                      6 (0.1%)
Chelsio                      5 (0.1%)
Realtek                      5 (0.1%)
IPUnity-Glenayre             5 (0.1%)
Linux Networx                5 (0.1%)
Barco                        4 (0.1%)
SIOS Technology              4 (0.1%)
MIPS                         4 (0.1%)
University of Aberdeen       4 (0.1%)
PiKRON s.r.o                 4 (0.1%)
Pardus                       4 (0.1%)
Crash Barrier                4 (0.1%)
Tresys                       4 (0.1%)
ClusterFS                    4 (0.1%)
Macq Electronique            3 (0.0%)
OLPC                         3 (0.0%)
CompuLab                     3 (0.0%)
DENX Software Engineering    3 (0.0%)
Embedded Alley Solutions     3 (0.0%)
Twin Sun                     3 (0.0%)
Transmode Systems            3 (0.0%)
Cosmosbay~Vectis             3 (0.0%)
Pengutronix                  2 (0.0%)
Sierra Wireless              2 (0.0%)
Real-Time Remedies           2 (0.0%)
Bull                         2 (0.0%)
ScaleMP Inc.                 2 (0.0%)
Samsung                      2 (0.0%)
MicroGate Systems            2 (0.0%)
Atomide                      2 (0.0%)
US National Security Agency    2 (0.0%)
VMWare                       2 (0.0%)
Verismo                      2 (0.0%)
Akamai Technologies          2 (0.0%)
CE Linux Forum               2 (0.0%)
Siemens                      1 (0.0%)
ONELAN                       1 (0.0%)
Xorcom                       1 (0.0%)
EXOSEC                       1 (0.0%)
LWN.net                      1 (0.0%)
Texas Instruments            1 (0.0%)
Promise Technology           1 (0.0%)
VA Linux Systems Japan       1 (0.0%)
University of Sevilla        1 (0.0%)
Motorola                     1 (0.0%)
HES-SO Valais Wallis         1 (0.0%)
SYSGO                        1 (0.0%)
Via                          1 (0.0%)
Telecom-Service              1 (0.0%)
Hauppauge                    1 (0.0%)
DSA                          1 (0.0%)
Vivecode                     1 (0.0%)
Mandriva                     1 (0.0%)
ATRON electronic             1 (0.0%)
Cytronics & Melware          1 (0.0%)
M&N Solutions                1 (0.0%)
Rockwell                     1 (0.0%)
8D Technologies              1 (0.0%)
University of Cambridge      1 (0.0%)

What do IBM thinks about Oracle buying Sun

This is a part of the interview that i read at the infoworld site.Steve Mills IBM top software exec talks about Oracle buying Sun.

What do you think about Oracle buying Sun? Now they can bundle hardware and software like you do, just like the CloudBurst Appliance that you just announced.

Mills: Well, they can do that now.

Knorr: They’ve done that in their alliance with HP.

Mills: The problem with Sun is that for the past decade it’s had no road map for Sparc, and sales have suffered as a result. Oracle’s not a hardware company, so it doesn’t have the wherewithal to deliver a road map for either design or fabrication. So Sun is exactly where it started. It doesn’t gain anything as a hardware company by being acquired by a non-hardware company. And if you look at Sun’s revenue, it’s a hardware-based business.

So Oracle now has something that is not in any way compatible with what they do everyday. And they promised the street $1.5 billion in profit to boot. So what you’re going to do is jack up all the prices in classical Oracle fashion and cut a lot of people in classical Oracle fashion. And all of that’s going to lead to more customer disruption and likely create a lot of opportunity. For every action there’s a reaction.

I think most of his thoughts are true about Oracle not being hardware company while Sun is.I think IBM will be the best hand for the Sun but Oracle is also good software company.For the rest of the interview you can use this link

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