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Microsoft Developer Made the Most Changes To Linux 3.0 Code

Posted by Soulskill on from the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction dept.

sfcrazy sends this quote from the H: "The 343 changes made by Microsoft developer K. Y. Srinivasan put him at the top of a list, created by LWN.net, of developers who made the most changes in the current development cycle for Linux 3.0. Along with a number of other 'change sets,' Microsoft provided a total of 361 changes, putting it in seventh place on the list of companies and groups that contributed code to the Linux kernel. By comparison, independent developers provided 1,085 change sets to Linux 3.0, while Red Hat provided 1,000 and Intel 839."

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  1. Yes let's just get down and dirty in the code by gavron · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Microsoft contributed stuff so their code would work.

    Does it make "linux" better? No.

    Does it allow THEIR code to work? Yes.

    This "one developer" who contributed it all. Is he the guy who wrote it all... or the guy Microsoft said "Hey you'll be submitting the team's contributions"?

    I know it's supposed to be fanboi-good for me to say Microsoft Bad, Google Good, Linux good. Fortunately I believe this.

    Microsoft bad.
    Google good.
    Linux good.

    If you feel differently go to backslashdot.com.

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    1. Re:Yes let's just get down and dirty in the code by gavron · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Sure. People who want to use windows should switch to windows. The "module" is useless to anybody else.

      You want windows? Go use windows.

      You want linux? Use linux.

      Microsoft contributed nothing that helps anyone who doesn't want to use windows.

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