FWIW, Microsoft ran an anti Linux ad campaign in the early oughties in Germany, which fairly openly spread FUD [1]. The text reads An open operating system isn

FWIW, Microsoft ran an anti Linux ad campaign in the early oughties in Germany, which fairly openly spread FUD [1]. The text reads An open operating system isn't exclusively advantageous An open operating system is prone to mutations. With Windows 2000, all services and daemons are from the same vendor. This saves time and thus real money. For more info, go to http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windows2000 http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windows2000 It was quite badly received in the Linux/OSS world and brought a lot of backlash. That said, MS have obviously changed their opinion to the extent that at some point they were among the five largest Linux kernel contributors [2]. [1] https://doraj.com/wp-images/2005/03/microsoft-vorteile.jpg https://doraj.com/wp-images/2005/03/microsoft-vorteile.jpg [2] https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-five-linux-contributor-microsoft/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-five-linux-contributor-mic...