Yes, $2.8B per developer is a clear indication that this study is delusional. The entire global wealth of the world is 450 trillion. Open source is 2% of that? I don't think so. Wealth includes labor, land, materials, homes and buildings, tools, weapons, renewable and fossil sources of energy, industrial and rural capacity, other capital, mines, etc.
Or maybe I'm wrong, and OpenAI and Anthropic (which produce AIs which can code decently) are massively undervalued at only a hundred or so OSS developers each.
Depending on your standards, those are just flattery rates. People probably won't want to work for you (or in the field), though, if they're implied to be 0.1x or 0.01x developers.
Or maybe I'm wrong, and OpenAI and Anthropic (which produce AIs which can code decently) are massively undervalued at only a hundred or so OSS developers each.