How many of the "leadership" / "management", ie: the people raking the profits from this organization are coders? http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/leadership
Steve Westmorelander - He received his B.S in computer science from Louisiana Tech University. Westmoreland is based in Portland, Ore.
Dan Cauchy - Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (with a Computer Engineering major)
Dan Kohn - Dan received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Computer Science from the Honors program of Swarthmore College
And all the fellows:
Linus Greg Kroah-Hartman Till Kamppeter Richard Purdie Janina Sajka
Weird question, don't see why the management have to be coders. They work for the foundation. The foundations pay plenty of the kernel developers.
I used to perceive LF to be the equivalent of centralized funding for linux kernel developers. I recognize now that is not correct. The reason I asked is because, if I perceived it that way, there's others who would have perceived it that way and donated to the cause for that reason or supported it for that reason (eg: paying for attending LF organized conferences). If say 10% of the foundation's budget goes towards management costs, and 90% goes to developers, then Yay!. If it is 90% management, 10% developers, then that's why I asked.
Do you mean directly? How many do they pay?
That appears to be a big part of the business model of LF.
> Weird question, don't see why the management have to be coders.
Would Apple have been as successful if Jobs wasn't deep into technology and design? What about Gates? When your organization provides code, shouldn't the strategic leadership have a rich and up-to-date understanding of code in general and your organization's code in particular?
All that being said, I don't know the above at all. As far as I know, they're all world class developers, but I haven't seen any evidence toward that end yet.