The Linux Foundation Releases Value of Collaborative Development Report

The Linux Foundation has announcedthe release of its first ever report that attempts to measure theestimated value of development costs in its Collaborative Projects. Thereport is titled "A $5 Billion Value: Estimating the Total Development Costof Linux Foundation's Collaborative Projects." "Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems. More than 500 companies and thousands of developers from around the world contribute to these open source software projects that are changing the world in which we live."