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Hmm, Canonical is not what I call 'massive' at ~600 employees[1]. Looks like Red Hat is almost twice that big[2], which still strikes me as pretty small? 1: ht
by blacksmith_tb 5y ago
Hmm, Canonical is not what I call 'massive' at ~600 employees[1]. Looks like Red Hat is almost twice that big[2], which still strikes me as pretty small?
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_(company)#Employees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_(company)#Employees
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat
- dralley 5y agoI think you misread the page, as it says that Red Hat has 13,400 employees, which is 22x more than 600, not "almost twice" :) But also, both numbers are also outdated. The Canonical employee count is apparently around 500 in 2020 [0] and the Red Hat employee count is no longer public post-acquisition, but it's higher than it was in 2019. [0] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Canonical-2020-Filing https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Canonica...
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoOops, you're right, that's just the Czech subsidiary - so they are massive-ish, at least compared to Canonical!
- nauticacom 5y agoTrue, I was being a bit hyperbolic with "massive corp" :). Employee size isn't everything in determining how "big" an organization is, though. I really just meant that it, personally, makes me feel better to use something created by a small, scrappy team than something maintained by a multinational enterprise.