@benjamingeer @bookandswordblog presenting stats without sources as fact isn't cool though, even if getting the sources is hard.

@vmbrasseur oh yikes: "This report is available for individual purchase ($2995)."

@vmbrasseur thanks! Tomorrow I'll go see if *that* methodology is published.

@vmbrasseur that's my suspicion but I want to see if someone can prove it wrong

@luis_in_brief @vmbrasseur I really want to know which flavor of bullshit it is so that we can demonstrate why publishing methodology is important

@vmbrasseur it predates that one and while the earliest mention does come from a Synopsis study, it doesn't provide any rationale for the estimate.

Open source folks, I need your help. There's that number, floating around the internet for YEARS now, that claims that ~70% of modern software components are made up of open source software.

I cannot, for the life of me, find the actual source for that. As in, who arrived at that estimation and how.

Can someone please help me track that down or put me in touch with someone who might know?

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