Linux was helped along massively when IBM embraced it and invested a $billion in it in 2000. RedHat benefited significantly from funding by large corporations

Linux was helped along massively when IBM embraced it and invested a $billion in it in 2000. RedHat benefited significantly from funding by large corporations in it's early days. Undoubtedly these companies helped shape the Linux ecosystem. A single company doesn't control it, but as big as Google is a single company doesn't control the web either.