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The question is why Microsoft is still viewed as anti-FOSS while Google and Facebook are viewed as pro-FOSS. Yes, your answer explains why some people might vie
by phendrenad2 4y ago
The question is why Microsoft is still viewed as anti-FOSS while Google and Facebook are viewed as pro-FOSS. Yes, your answer explains why some people might view ALL corporations as somewhat anti-FOSS. But it doesn't explain the discrepancy.
- car_analogy 4y agoWho are the idiots that view Google and Facebook as pro-FOSS? Did they somehow miss how Google is locking more and more OS functionality behind the Play store? Or Facebook's locked-tight Occulus?
- jamesgeck0 4y agoGoogle is pro-whatever-is-most-profitable-for-Google. Sometimes this leads to pro-FOSS behavior (they’re consistently among the top contributors to Linux), sometimes not.
- pjmlp 4y agoI would assert their office location, Silicon Valley corps are loved by FOSS crowd.