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Contributors to Debian code per country
- smcl 15y ago>> I have been pointed that the population I was using for "Ireland" is indeed the population of the entire island, so Republic of Ireland (Eire) plus Northern Ireland (Ulster). Wonder if it's worth pointing out Northern Ireland != Ulster, he seems keen on correctness
- rmc 15y agoCorrect, there are parts of the Province of Ulster that are in Republic of Ireland. Pedantically "Republic of Ireland" is not the name of the state, it is merely "Ireland". "Eire" is likewise not the correct term either. It's from the Irish word for Ireland "Éire", and was common in UK to prevent calling the state "Ireland" (since part of the island of Ireland was in the UK (Northern Ireland)).
- corin_ 15y agoActually, Éire is the official name of the state in Irish, but you're right that the official name in English is simply Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland (which is an official "description"). When being a pedant, the key qualifying aspect is accuracy and correctness ;)
- vjeux 15y agoWould be great to have some charts. The data table is barely readable.
- switch007 15y agoMake one and post the link :P
- count 15y agohttp://imgur.com/a/weL1k http://imgur.com/a/weL1k
- count 15y agoI made a chart here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2647839 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2647839
- slug 15y agoMaps with Google fusion tables: http://slug.aeminium.org/software/debian/ http://slug.aeminium.org/software/debian/
- guylhem 15y agoGo Martinique Go !!! (mod me down if you want but I'm proud we are #3)
- daliusd 15y agoOne more developer to the existing one and you will be number one.
- guylhem 15y agoWell we already have scheduled a meeting for this very reason :-) Maybe we'll find a 3rd one too.
- Rexxar 15y agoWhy counting Martinique as a country ? If we do this for every French departments, Swiss canton or German landers etc. , we will probably have a lot of "countries" with higher ratios.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoAs pointed out in the article: because it has a separate ISO code.
- Rexxar 15y agoSorry, I missed the end of the article. I should have been more attentive.
- lzm 15y agoRich, developed countries at the top; poor and undeveloped countries at the bottom. Why is that so? I'm guessing poor English proficiency and lack of access to computers, internet and higher (CS) education is the reason poorer countries, even though they have big Linux userbases, don't contribute as much as the richer ones.
- click170 15y agoI'm curious about the declining numbers of developers in USA. "USA continues to go down (by 3 this time). We're constantly losing developers over there (-3 in one year)."
- fierarul 15y agoFrom what I've seen in Romania it's actually even simpler than that: money and attitude. We have English proficiency, our internet infrastructure might be the best in Europe for home users and we presumably have good CS education. The reason CS students (or professionals) don't think about contributing to open-source is because it's expensive to do it yourself and the employer doesn't ask them to afterwards. Also because they don't think they are able to or because they don't care. Some students do have some 'phase' when they discover open-source, but it rarely lasts enough for them to contribute something meaningful. By the time they are hired, contributions are almost non-existent. I am glad though to see that some companies here do open-source but it's quite rare. So a combination of can-do attitude and money is needed to dare contribute to open-source. If you are from a rich, developed country these are actually a given. But in a poorer country, not so much.
- berntb 15y agoI am far from an expert on Romania, but would guess there are two more factors? - Lack of trust in the society, which ought to generate a cynical attitude. It is the parameter which seems most different from [Edit: West European] countries. I assume this is both from the communist history (secret police etc) and that the present politicians are more or less the same thieves as before 1989. - A Microsoft domination in the infrastructure. Open source seems more prevalent on Linux/BSD/et al.
- Vitaly 15y agoI have to say Im surprised by Israel being only #24. Open source is quite big here.