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>Microsoft, which had not yet learned to love Linux, funded SCO and loudly bought licenses from the company. I'm disappointed LWN would blindly rehash the "MS
by ginko 4y ago
>Microsoft, which had not yet learned to love Linux, funded SCO and loudly bought licenses from the company.
I'm disappointed LWN would blindly rehash the "MS loves Linux" propaganda like this. Microsoft still doesn't love Linux. Their whole business model is still based on proprietary software.
- ranger207 4y agoI think that line is sarcasm. Corbet has a pretty dry sense of humor
- dredmorbius 4y agoIMO the high-water mark was set in "Debian and the Hot Babe Problem": The Debian developers raised the obvious, predictable objection to the inclusion of this utility: the associated images were covered by a non-free license. <https://lwn.net/Articles/113644/ https://lwn.net/Articles/113644/> That was ... also very nearly 20 years ago. The story left its mark.