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EEE is not going to have any impact on Linux (and also, EEE hasnt been Microsof's strategy for a while). Once they start extending with proprietary additions, y
by vikramkr 6y ago
EEE is not going to have any impact on Linux (and also, EEE hasnt been Microsof's strategy for a while). Once they start extending with proprietary additions, you basically just end up where you were with two operating systems, a proprietary windows and an open source Linux. They can't force the kernel to accept proprietary extensions.
- quesera 6y ago> They can't force the kernel to accept proprietary extensions. They don't need to. They just need to offer a "better" Linux (kernel and/or distro) that also runs Excel, and is backed by a global Fortune 10 corporation. It's Linux, it's legal, it's E₂ and brings E₃ within reach if they choose that path.
- wmf 6y agoThere is a concern that mainstream proprietarized "Linux" becomes completely incompatible with real Linux to the detriment of Linux's values and the people who care about those values.