Among the large companies that tend to participate in open source communities, Red Hat ranks the highest worldwide, with 53 percent of respondents indicating it as a excellent company in terms of contributions, collaboration and leadership on open source projects and initiatives within the global open source ecosystem in 2021. Google, IBM, and Microsoft also achieve high rankings for their open source community engagement.
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AWS N=717, Comcast N=703, Facebook N=714, Google N=718, IBM N=715, Microsoft N=720, Red Hat N=721, SAP N=717, Uber N=711, Verizon N=711, VMware N=722
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respondents working at an organization with an open source program or initiative
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "To what degree do you perceive each of them to be 'good open source community citizens' in terms of contributions, collaboration and leadership on open source projects and initiatives within the open source ecosystem?"
The source does not provide any information regarding missing or exceeding percentage points.
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Statista. (January 25, 2022). Level of open source community engagement worldwide in 2021, by company [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246633/worldwide-open-source-community-engagement-companies/
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Statista. (2022). Level of open source community engagement worldwide in 2021, by company. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246633/worldwide-open-source-community-engagement-companies/
Statista. "Level of Open Source Community Engagement Worldwide in 2021, by Company." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246633/worldwide-open-source-community-engagement-companies/
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