Apache Software Foundation Estimates Its Code Value Increased ~$600M For FY2020
For fiscal year 2019 the Apache Software Foundation valued their codebase at around $20 billion USD. The open-source organization has now published their annual report for fiscal year 2020.
The Apache Software Foundation's FY2020 report values their massive code-base now in excess of $20 billion dollars using the CoCoMo[*] model. With eight million lines of code added over their fiscal year, they estimate that increase to be approximately worth $600 million USD worth of work.
[*] Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO).
Blog post. Annual Report FY2020.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @02:43AM
8 million lines are worth $600 million. That makes it (us)$75 per line.
if (freeSoftware) {
profit();
}
is worth $225. Where do I send the bill?
Oh hang on, Coding Styles - I can make this worth $300, watch:
if (freeSoftware)
{
profit();
}
Now only do I understand what my boss was going on about...