LJ Index

1. Days in development for Linux 2.6.0: 680
2. Different changes accepted into the kernel source tree: 27149
3. Average changes per hour during development period: 1.66
4. Number of different developers who contributed at least one kernel patch: 916
5. Number of different developers who contributed one kernel change: 413
6. Number of different developers who contributed two kernel changes: 117
7. Number of different developers who contributed three kernel changes: 57
8. Number of different developers who contributed four kernel changes: 38
9. Number of different developers who contributed five kernel changes: 20
10. Number of kernel changes contributed by the top ten developers: 10933
11. Number of kernel changes contributed by the top five developers: 6956
12. Average number of changes per day for each of the top five developers: 10
13. Number of merges in the kernel source tree: 6175
14. Average number of merges per day in the kernel source tree: 9
15. Number of modifications per hour exceeded over the development period: 2
16. Millions of people in Sweden: 8.98
17. Millions of fixed phone lines in Sweden: 5.4
18. Percentage by which fixed phone lines in Sweden declined in 2003: 2
19. Milliions of cell phone subscriptions in Sweden: 9.07
20. Swedish cell phone penetration percentage: 100.1

Sources: 1-15, Compiled by Greg Kroah-Hartman for Open Sources, shared on the Linux Elitists list; 16-20, smh.com.au, sourcing Dagens Nyheter and the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency

Notes:

http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2004-July/010077.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/05/1088879406263.html?oneclick=true

For later?

1. Percentage probability of a "catastrophic malware [virus, worm, trojan, et. al.] attack in 2003: 2.5
2. Percentage probability of a "catastrophic malware [virus, worm, trojan, et. al.] attack in 2004: 38