Who writes the Linux kernel?
LWN.net has an interesting article [Sub req'd] detailing the contributors to the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. The author attempts to determine just who (as in individuals) and who (as in their employers) writes the Linux kernel. It's not an easy task.
LWN goes at it in a few different ways (measuring patches, lines changed, lines removed, etc.), one of which is to measure those developers that change the most lines of code.
Perhaps most interesting for readers of this blog, however, is who employs these developers.
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