Organizations annually invest $1.7 billion in open source, which can be extrapolated to estimate that approximately $7.7 billion is invested across the entire open source ecosystem annually (www.linuxfoundation.org)
from Joker@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 07:01
https://sh.itjust.works/post/29915098

86% of investment is in the form of contribution labor by employees and contractors working for the funding organization, with the remaining 14% being direct financial contributions.

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EasternLettuce@lemm.ee on 23 Dec 10:54 collapse

Considering how crucial open source software is, that number is embarrassingly low. Basically every server in the world runs linux

nnullzz@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 13:02 collapse

And most software is built using open source tools. I’ve had bosses who are just fine forking out tons of cash to AWS but cringe at the idea of donating $100 to something we use daily.