'Linux' Foundation: Spendings on Salaries Increased More Than 20% in One Year

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-06-10 05:14:28 UTC
Modified: 2023-06-10 05:14:28 UTC

Yesterday: Linux Foundation Demotes Mr. Linux, Linus Torvalds, to Third (in Salaries), Only Uses Him for the Name

Summary: As per the document just published after it had been submitted 7 months ago, salary-related expenditures rose from 49,386,990 to 59,791,694 in one year

'Linux' Foundation spent over a million bucks in one year for CONSULTING on food

(also: a few weeks ago Jim Zemlin said he got infected with COVID-19 -- yes, the irony! -- and had to isolate himself in a hotel)

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