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There are descendants of the Unix source code, and there are descendants of the Unix design. Linux is in the latter group. Linux is the root OS of Android, whi
by PaulDavisThe1st 1y ago
There are descendants of the Unix source code, and there are descendants of the Unix design. Linux is in the latter group.
Linux is the root OS of Android, which has a lot more revenue behind it than Red Hat or Canonical.
- ThrowawayR2 1y agoAndroid is shaped by Google solely for Google's own monetary gain, just as Windows is by Microsoft. A Google branded dog collar around our necks doesn't seem much better than a Microsoft branded one.
- ta1243 1y agoMicrosoft of course is also a major player in Linux (via Azure). As is Amazon. Their companies depend on it. It's no longer a bazzar where random university lecturers write and run entire subsystems between classes, but it is at least multiple companies contributing.