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> Linux should consider paying Microsoft and Apple Who or what is the "Linux" entity in this context?
by zabzonk 9mo ago
> Linux should consider paying Microsoft and Apple
Who or what is the "Linux" entity in this context?
- avaer 9mo agoAlso who is paying "Linux" and for what? Maybe the answer ends up being Valve.
- breezykoi 9mo agoWell at least Microsoft is a platinum member of the Linux Foundation for many years...
- breezykoi 9mo agoJoking aside, I often hear people say "they should" when talking about GNU/Linux (for example: "they should just standardize on one audio stack"), as if there were a central authority making those decisions. What many don't realize is that with FOSS comes freedom of choice... and inevitably, an abundance of choice. That diversity isn't a flaw, it's a consequence of how the ecosystem works.
- morshu9001 9mo agoThere's free choice for those OSes to use different kernels, but they don't, they all use the same Linux (rather than say BSD). There's a lot of advantage in getting aligned on things, even though anyone can choose not to.
- breezykoi 9mo agoIt is true that Linux-based distributions have this thing in common: the Linux kernel. There have been some GNU/Hurd variants though...
- morshu9001 9mo agoI guess Linus Torvalds and co? First they'd need to standardize a Linux desktop OS.