Comment by throwaway2037

I am not here to shill for Google, but they publish a staggering amount of liberally licenced software. We can much less of that about Microsoft, Apple, and (my personal most dreaded for open source) Amazon.

Also, I stand by my previous comments from other similar discussions: Almost all big corps use Redhat. They are indirectly funding open source. Redhat probably employs more programmers that contribute to a base Linux install than any other company on the planet. (Yeah, I know they were bought by IBM, which gets no love around here.)