Linux Foundation Comments On Microsoft's Increasing Love of Linux

LibbyMC writes Executive Director Jim Zemlin writes, "We do not agree with everything Microsoft does and certainly many open source projects compete directly with Microsoft products. However, the new Microsoft we are seeing today is certainly a different organization when it comes to open source. The company's participation in these efforts underscores the fact that nothing has changed more in the last couple of decades than how software is fundamentally built."

Comments

Re:Step one.

[Anonymous Coward]

While you have a point with 3 (but naturally for-profit companies exist to serve shareholders so they naturally protect revenue areas) the others are either not microsoft issues or just the usual "i dont like your argument but i cant refute it so ill call you a shill" rubbish.

It would be nice if they stopped 1 but the real issue is the corrupt standards bodies, sure it would be great if MS stopped but it would be better if those corrupt people were ousted so that you dont just get somebody else coming in to manipulate them.

2 is just conjecture, if they don't have a point they would be easily rebutted.

3 is a point

4 well bribing is illegal so if it actually is happening (i doubt it is bribing and you are probably just using the wrong word) then who are the people supposed to be policing that who are not doing their job and who are the corrupt officials taking bribes? if microsoft is doing that and stops then those people will just take bribes from whoever else.

5 isnt an issue. even with secure boot they mandate that it must be able to be disabled, locked/broken bootloaders and closed drivers are at the behest of hardware manufacturers, not microsoft. you just seem a bit confused on who develops what.

Re:Microsoft's 1990's business plan.

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All, except the nice bits...

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