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"For the first time this season, Pittsburgh made more rushing attempts than Denver. Now, the usual caveats apply, Denver might make significantly more yards per

by ellyagg 17y ago

"For the first time this season, Pittsburgh made more rushing attempts than Denver. Now, the usual caveats apply, Denver might make significantly more yards per carry, for example. But, nevertheless, this graph clearly shows that Pittsburgh had more rushing plays." What constitutes a commit varies between organizations. More than that, look at the area under the respective graphs. Apple has already made a HUGE number of commits. Presumably they've achieved many of their strategic aims. Google has barely scratched the surface, if we're to believe that raw commit numbers matter at all. Apple's trend line is going down. Should I infer from that that Apple no longer cares about Webkit? Apple doesn't commit to Webkit as a public service. They also don't commit as a race against Google. They'll commit precisely as needed to achieve their business goals. There is nothing interesting implied by the relative numbers of commits between Apple and Google.

statictype 17y ago
Its interesting in the sense that it's rare to see many relatively large and competing companies actively making commits to the same open source project.
FluidDjango 17y ago
"They'll commit precisely as needed to achieve their business goals. There is nothing interesting implied by the relative numbers of commits between Apple and Google." To hackers interest in business models/goals... or interested in the future of a project such as Webkit... there certainly could be something interesting here (i.e., more than just corporate egos), if only something like: • Perhaps Google will lend energy toward developing aspects of Webkit that Apple has neglected. • Perhaps the potential of Webkit is looking even greater as two mega-players in the digital realm are now supporting its development to roughly equal degrees.
silvestrov 17y ago
Apple has huge spikes just after each of the last 2 iPhone releases, and large dip before the lastest release. Apple has been very silent on the WebKit mailing list for a few months prior to the iPad annoucement. It won't be too surprising if Apple has a few patches queued up that they will commit when iPad ships to customers.

by ellyagg 17y ago

statictype 17y ago

Its interesting in the sense that it's rare to see many relatively large and competing companies actively making commits to the same open source project.

FluidDjango 17y ago

"They'll commit precisely as needed to achieve their business goals. There is nothing interesting implied by the relative numbers of commits between Apple and Google." To hackers interest in business models/goals... or interested in the future of a project such as Webkit... there certainly could be something interesting here (i.e., more than just corporate egos), if only something like: • Perhaps Google will lend energy toward developing aspects of Webkit that Apple has neglected. • Perhaps the potential of Webkit is looking even greater as two mega-players in the digital realm are now supporting its development to roughly equal degrees.

silvestrov 17y ago

Apple has huge spikes just after each of the last 2 iPhone releases, and large dip before the lastest release. Apple has been very silent on the WebKit mailing list for a few months prior to the iPad annoucement. It won't be too surprising if Apple has a few patches queued up that they will commit when iPad ships to customers.