Microsoft, Google and the OpenSSF have pledged $12.5 million to the Linux Foundation, aiming to shift open‑source security from volunteer‑driven maintenance to a systematic, corporate‑backed defense that safeguards critical infrastructure while balancing community autonomy.
OpenClaw, an open‑source local AI agent framework that lets AI directly control computers and phones, has sparked a wave of support from major Chinese internet, cloud, and tech firms—Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi and others—driven by technical, commercial and strategic motives, while the article warns that ordinary users face high barriers, costs and risks.
This article examines 2017 GitHub data to compare how major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others contribute to open‑source projects, revealing surprising rankings, star counts, and the methodology behind the analysis using Google BigQuery and custom SQL queries.
