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The median number of contributors to GitHub repos is 1. One. The "community" of open source is mostly a myth. Big important FOSS projects are paid for by FAANG
by mimixco 5y ago
The median number of contributors to GitHub repos is 1. One. The "community" of open source is mostly a myth. Big important FOSS projects are paid for by FAANG companies who use that software. They can't rely on a "community" to fix bugs, so they pay people for that.
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- nathanaldensr 5y agoDo you have a source for the "median" claim? I'm really interested to see the data!
- atkailash 5y agoEven if this is true, the sheer number of dotfiles and such type of repos is probably the biggest factor to this. Or people using it for random stuff. A repo doesn’t mean it is intended to have community contribution.