That would definitely be a more accurate/literal interpretation of what the xkcd comic meant. But I think this holds up in the spirit of it, which is that core

That would definitely be a more accurate/literal interpretation of what the xkcd comic meant. But I think this holds up in the spirit of it, which is that core open source contributors / maintainers keep things afloat despite a shocking lack of resources or investment by the companies that benefit from it. (Notwithstanding the fact that Freund is employed by Microsoft.)