More than half of Windows machines are INFECTED with malware

[Derek Broughton]

Samuel Thurston, III wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>
> wrote:
>> Samuel Thurston, III wrote:
>>>
>>> FACT: Google contributes significantly more to the Linux Kernel itself
>>> than Ubuntu/Canonical does.
>>
>> Is it a fact?  I'm prepared to believe it, but if you call it "FACT:" you
>> really should provide at least one citation.
> 
> Yes, and I thought a  fairly widely known one so I didn't think I
> needed to cite it.  Here ya go:
> 
> 
http://www.linux.com/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=15&format=raw

If you are going to yell "FACT", then you had better provide your 
references.
> 
> Class, please turn your pdf's to page 11.  Table 9 lists commercial
> contributions to the kernel by company over the last three years.
> Google is at #20 with %0.9 of total contributions.  Sun is at #30, the
> bottom of this list, with %0.5. Canonical is not listed.

Of course it isn't.  Canonical doesn't do much kernel development.   
>>
>> OPINION: Canonical contributes more to Linux as a complete O/S than
>> Google does.
> 
> Greg spoke at some length on the subject of Canonical's contributions
> to both the kernel and Linux as a complete OS in his keynote at Linux
> Plumbers Conference in 2008.  The conclusion of the keynote (several
> paragraphs before the final four slides) paints an enlightening
> picture of Canonical's role in the "Linux Ecosystem."
> 
> The video of the keynote is on google video, here's a transcript:
> http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lpc_2008_keynote.html
> 
> Greg works for Novell, but if he himself were ranked among the
> companies for his own personal contributions, (he's the USB subsytem
> maintainer, IIRC) He would be #24, with 11 times as many contributions
> as Canonical over the same time period. He's #15 among individual
> contributors.

Certainly, he would be, but I disagree with his definition of the Linux OS.  
He misses the desktop, which is clearly Canonical's focus.  He does, though, 
include udev, which while not a Canonical project is maintained by an Ubuntu 
dev.
-- 
derek