For a comparison, initial Windows NT 3.1 had 340 devs/testers, NT 3.5 had 530 devs/testers. No idea why product/program managers aren't listed. There must have been some.
Does anybody know how MS does Windows development these days? Just curious…
I hope someone at Microsoft does, though their attention seems to be elsewhere.
I'm guessing around 800: 3 devs for the OS core, the rest for the adware and spyware.
(/s)
That's good to know, honestly surprised to read that NT had that many. I'd figured early versions wouldn't require that many people. Now knowing the Fuchsia numbers, I don't know if that's a signal to how productive the team is or if they dwindling resources.
And also for comparison, Windows NT 3.1 had to run and interact with a much broader zoo of devices.