The Real Linux Foundation - Part 9: Use of Contractors Soared From 12 to 29 in Just Three Years, Value of Contracts Has Gone Up by a Lot

• Dr. Roy Schestowitz
• 2023-06-15 23:34:35 UTC
• Modified: 2023-06-16 00:06:11 UTC

Series parts:

1. New Series: Inside the Real Linux Foundation
2. What the 2022 Tax Filing (From 7 Months Ago, for Tax Year 2021) Teaches Us About the Linux Foundation
3. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 3: How It Splits Into Subgroups, Including New Ones
4. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 4: How the Foundation Makes Its Money
5. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 5: The Annual Cost of the Office Has Jumped to Almost 8 Million Dollars for Just 261 Employees (About $30,000 Per Employee Per Year)
6. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 6: Raising Money From Monopolies, Living Extravagant Lifestyles, Crushing Software Communities
7. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 7: Giving Large Contracts to Former Staff (Yes, Corruption and Graft)
8. The Real Linux Foundation - Part 8: Example of Outsourcing to Contractors (Likely Without Tender/Bidding)
9. YOU ARE HERE ☞ Use of Contractors Soared From 12 to 29 in Just Three Years, Value of Contracts Has Gone Up by a Lot

Summary: The Linux Foundation must be spending tens of millions of dollars on contractors, so what does its own staff do all day long?

Compare to 3 years earlier:



Yes, that's just 12 and notice the amounts. The top 4 alone went up from about $4 million to almost $7 millions (nearly doubling during the pandemic).