The Unsung Heroes of Open Source: Quiet Giants Making a Big Impact

At developer conferences, laptop stickers showcase trendy cloud-native companies and databases. But the companies quietly contributing massive amounts of code often go unnoticed. This article highlights these unsung heroes, like Oracle, which was the top contributor to the Linux 6.1 kernel by lines of code changed. They quietly maintain memory management and block device drivers, crucial for everyday use. These giants treat open source as foundational to their business, not just marketing, demonstrating a significant, often unseen, impact.