Cornelius Schumacher
| Cornelius Schumacher | |
|---|---|
 Cornelius Schumacher.jpg Schumacher at the KDE 4.0 release event | |
| Born | Tübingen, Germany |
| 🏳️ Nationality | German |
| 💼 Occupation | Open-source developer |
| 🏢 Organization | KDE e.V. |
| Known for | KDE developer and KDE e.V. president |
| 🌐 Website | The Blog of Cornelius |
Cornelius Schumacher is a German open-source software developer. He was born in Tübingen, Germany, and currently lives in Erlangen, Germany. Schumacher is best known for his long-term involvement with the KDE project and leadership within the KDE e.V. organization.
Biography
Schumacher has been a contributor to KDE since 1997, where he primarily worked with the KDE Personal Information Management (PIM) team. He served as the main developer and maintainer of KOrganizer for many years, significantly contributing to KDE's suite of productivity applications.
In addition to his work with KDE, Schumacher contributed to early Bitcoin documentation efforts by helping to extend developer-focused resources for the Bitcoin website.
He joined the board of KDE e.V. in 2002 and was elected as its president in the summer of 2009.[1][not in citation given]
On October 11, 2009, Schumacher published an analysis estimating the development cost of the KDE software package using the COCOMO model and SLOCCount tool. With 4,273,291 lines of code, he estimated the cost to be approximately US$175,364,716.[2] This calculation excluded key components such as Qt, the Calligra Suite, Amarok, Digikam, and other applications outside KDE core.
References
- ↑ Kügler, Sebastian (2009-07-07). "KDE e.V. Elects New Board of Directors". KDE.News. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ↑ Hilzinger, Marcel (2009-10-12). "Code Statistics: KDE Costs 175 Million Dollars". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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