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Uber Joins Linux Foundation Cementing Commitment To Open Source Tools (techcrunch.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the welcome-to-the-club dept.

At the 2018 Uber Open Summit, Uber announced it was joining the Linux Foundation as a Gold Member, making a firm commitment to using and contributing to open source tools. TechCrunch reports: Uber CTO Thuan Pham sees the Linux Foundation as a place for companies like his to nurture and develop open source projects. "Open source technology is the backbone of many of Uber's core services and as we continue to mature, these solutions will become ever more important," he said in a blog post announcing the partnership. "Uber has made significant investments in shared software development and community collaboration through open source over the years, including contributing the popular open source project Jaeger, a distributed tracing system, to the Linux Foundation's Cloud Native Computing Foundation in 2017," an Uber spokesperson told TechCrunch. As the report mentions, it took the ride-hailing service a long time for them to join the Linux Foundation. "Uber has been long known for making use of open source in its core tools working on over 320 open source projects and repositories from 1500 contributors involving over 70,000 commits, according to data provided by the company," reports TechCrunch.

30 comments

  1. Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Linux on the desktop is for cheap asses who canâ(TM)t afford a real OS or geeks who canâ(TM)t get laid. Discuss.

    1. Re:Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Windows users just get fucked by their own computer on a regular basis.

    2. Re: Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But all the other OSs are either shit or dead or both.

    3. Re:Linux by Zehsi · · Score: 1

      go away with your faulty iphone.

    4. Re: Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Only the noobs. The experienced users are savy enough to avoid such problems.

    5. Re: Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Jim Kelly from Microsoft here...

  2. ISO 26262 compliant compiler? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 1

    So what are you using to compile all the self driving vehicle code?

  3. Zach Patterson / ZIP "Greatest Hits" (lol, not) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See how STUPID "ZIP" (Zach Patterson) the CHIMP is (tried to take credit for what I solved before him) https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... (he needs to LEARN TO READ)!

    I even SHOW ways to do it YOURSELF https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... (he couldn't).

    Delphi/FreePascal/ObjectPascal HAS no issue w/ null-term'd string bufferoverflows - C does, C++ can UNLESS you do what I said 1st loser.

    Tell us about CODE SIGNING (which has been STOLEN & ABUSED) https://www.helpnetsecurity.co... MY METHOD CAN'T BE (upmodded +2 INTERESTING in CODING FOR DEFCON no less) https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    "I'm a much better programmer than APK" - by Anonymous Coward ZIP on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:27PM (#57449082) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...

    BIG TALK - Yet ZIP has nothing to show in programs. I can https://news.slashdot.org/comm... from registered /.ers liking/using/praising my work (& 100k users worldwide too). He can't.

    LIAR ZIP says he has no account "I don't have an account, so I don't have mod points" https://news.slashdot.org/comm...

    Yet LIAR ZIP says he downmods my posts (IMPOSSIBLE MINUS AN ACCOUNT on /.): "I down-modded a few of your post on other threads" - by Anonymous Coward "ZIP" on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:31AM (#57461058) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...

    APK

    P.S.=> KEEP IMPERSONATING ME CHIMP https://science.slashdot.org/c... - this comes out every time EXPOSING your BLOWHARD incompetence... apk

    1. Re:Zach Patterson / ZIP "Greatest Hits" (lol, not) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      sweet rant brooski ... you keep it real ya ol' ne'er-do-well. you've had a rough trot once that $100 dried up from writing that article for that website ay? all good, the fellas and i 'll make sure we all put in for a bottle o' brown so drink your sorrows away while ya postin' ya crybaby crap on slashdot. all the best bruh ya lonely cunt :P oh and hope those calf implants worked out for ya!

      keep on BLOWINGHARD little man!

  4. Zach Patterson / ZIP = "better programmer" - not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You said it ZIP: Where's your work everyone can see/use? It's not. It's HOTAIRWARE/NOTWARE (lol) "I'm a much better programmer than APK" - by Anonymous Coward ZIP on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:27PM (#57449082) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...

    The BETTER PROGRAMMER w/ no programs, lol - @ least you can say your "code" has NO BUGS - of course, it also does ZERO (like you) since it does nothing @ all, lol!

    You hotair BLOWHARD talker, lol!

    You f'd up ZIP https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...

    Yet 100,000++ users of my ware & dozens of even REGISTERED /.ers like/use/praise MY work https://news.slashdot.org/comm... vs. your HOTAIR talk punk!

    * LMAO!

    (Let's see how YOU take it when I publicly SHIT ALL OVER YOU by letting FACTS of YOUR FUCKUPS vs. ME https://science.slashdot.org/c... do the job for me)

    APK

    P.S.=> You STUPID & LAZY all talk chimpanzee - KEEP IMPERSONATING me https://science.slashdot.org/c... - I'll expose your BLOWHARD INCOMPETENCE publicly, lol... apk

  5. who else has joined? by BringsApples · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's some other companies that have joined:

    AT&T
    Cisco
    Fujitsu
    Hitachi
    Huawei
    IBM
    Intel
    Microsoft
    Oracle
    Qualcomm
    Samsung
    VMware

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    Politics; n. : A religion whereby man is god.
    1. Re: who else has joined? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is the worst post I have ever seen on /. Although there will be more

    2. Re:who else has joined? by rtb61 · · Score: 1

      Everyone can join, even Uber, it is all about free access to code after all, nothing else, not politics, not sjw nonsense, just the code. Whilst everyone can join, arse holes can still be banned from attending meetings if they prove to be anti-social at meetings, similar for other styles of communication but they will always have access to code and be able to contribute code, with that code valued purely upon it's own merits.

      --
      Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
    3. Re:who else has joined? by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 1

      > it is all about free access to code after all, nothing else, not politics

      _Life_ is about politics. Free access to code, without returning information to the community, has led many companies to participating in a tragedy of the commons. One of the most infamous examples of a company participating in, and then abusing, the free software and open source communities was SCO, who abused various Linux software of containing SysV UNIX code which it turned out SCO did not even own.

  6. FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT OSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not only is all of Uber proprietary and this "outreach PR" complete bullshit, but does anyone remember the "God mode" app they secretly used to both hide from regulators and spy on users? This PR move is ridiculous on its face.

  7. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by rojash · · Score: 1

    So WHY the FUCK is this important comment being hidden by SD ??

  8. Oh, they're committed. by Drunkulus · · Score: 1

    Of course they are. Imagine what their quarterly losses would look like if they had to pay for software in addition to the disgraced executive severance packages, plus all the harassment and discrimination settlements?

    1. Re:Oh, they're committed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      On the flip side, it will be amusing to see how to Uber brogrammers will fare against the purple haired Code Of Conduct supporters the next time an SJW flame war starts in the discussion forums. Someone get me some popcorn!

  9. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by infolation · · Score: 1

    Maybe they'll open-source Greyball

    GnuBall? OpenBall? LibreBall?

  10. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 1

    Because you need to adjust your view preferences, maybe?

    --
    Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
  11. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by rojash · · Score: 1

    oops noobie from a decade here..didnt know that lol..tx man

  12. Open source? Hah! by LaughingRadish · · Score: 2

    Maybe they can open-source the driver and rider apps so that people who know how to code can fix the myriads of bugs and misfeatures. I'm not holding my breath though. Trying to talk to their support is like arguing with a mentally-challenged six-year-old with no long term memory.

  13. WOW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    who gives a fuck

  14. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If anything, their practices make me more inclined to use their service.

    Refusing to do business with the government is the morally sound choice.

  15. Re:FUCK THIS PROPAGANDA REPETITION. They are NOT O by Ocker3 · · Score: 1

    The comment above really needs to be modded up, it's accurate and informative.

  16. Re:Open source? Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Trying to talk to their support is like arguing with a mentally-challenged six-year-old with no long term memory.

    Trump is doing Uber tech support? Probably during "Executive Time"...

  17. I HATE /. BULLIES like ZIP & c6gunner... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: I'm so sick & tired of /. BULLIES. You shitweasels have nothing better to do than HARASS, STALK & IMPERSONATE little ol' me. I've done absolutely NOTHING wrong & just try to make everyone's lives better w/ my work that stops ads & malware.

    * As soon as I post, I'm CENSORED to -1 w/ ABUSED downmodpoints by bullies like ZIP, who even admit to this. I caught c6gunner mocking then IMPERSONATING me when he forgot to log out. Zontar mailed me a postcard w/ THREATS on it, then LIES & STALKS me. All because you JEALOUS JOWIE "ne'er-do-wells" KNOW I'm World-Class & you're shit. It's why you hide behind FAKE names & UNIDENTIFIABLE ANONYMOUS.

    I'm even improving my already GREAT PHYSIQUE by getting calf implants while you weezils sit around all day on /. STALKING & HARASSING your BETTERS. I repeatedly dust the no-mind bullshit blatherings you BULLIES post to attack me. Like always I WIN & YOU LOSE.

    APK

    P.S.=> This BULLYING of me is SO UNFAIR & is probably a HATE CRIME because I'm gay. GROW UP... apk

  18. Re:Open source? Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No, you are thinking of Hillary.

  19. Re: Open source? Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Repubtards can't even make their own insults. They steal from the left just like they stole everything else.

    Fucking Trumptard

  20. Lobbying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    now more present than ever in the linux foundation