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I think you're asking the right question. We're definitely seeing microsoft Embracing and Extending gnu/linux here.

• pjmlp 7y ago
  Yes, because Google is such a nice community example with ChromeOS and Android.
  • robocat 7y ago
    Sure, you can complain that Google haven’t given everything away for free. However the open source AOSP has been amazing - lots of innovation from individuals and other companies has occurred because they could start a project using AOSP. Also because Android is based on Linux, drivers have been released and improvements have happened to the kernel. Compare that to what you get from Apple with Mach (or iOS). It feels to me that you are complaining because someone gave you a free beer, but only half filled the glass.
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      It feels more like rotten free beer actually.
  • anoncake 7y ago
    Google isn't the topic right now.
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      Sure it is, because apparently they get support for doing stuff that Microsoft gets bashed for, like the way they manage their Linux changes, or their own Java dialect.
      • anoncake 7y ago
        That doesn't follow.
  • IOT_Apprentice 7y ago
    And Google is abandoning updates to chromebooks, just as they abandon their "beta" products.