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"the Microsofts, Apples, and Oracles of the world that happily vacuum up their code may not be the there in their time of need"... What about the Linux distro'
by blahbl4hblahtoo 13y ago
"the Microsofts, Apples, and Oracles of the world that happily vacuum up their code may not be the there in their time of need"...
What about the Linux distro's that didn't lift a finger but continue to ship OpenSSH? Its that kind of attitude that make working with the OS community hard. Someone will bad mouth your involvement even when you are doing the right thing in other area's.
Did anyone even approach those companies? How about Unbuntu or Redhat? Are they supposed to read people's fucking minds?
I'm glad that OpenBSD got it's bills paid...but this guy's blog post might as well read..."Hey, some European guy paid OpenBSD's bills. Alright! Oh yeah, Fuck Microsoft (or Apple) because they didn't help." What the fuck?
Just for the record...I gave. I wonder how much they raised besides the bitcoin rich guy's contribution.
- sentenza 13y agoYou should definitely differentiate between Linux distros and companies that make their money with a distro. Because unlike RedHat and Ubuntu, practically all the other Linux distros out there have little cash and little manpower to spare. The developers of those distros might contribute to keeping OpenSSH alive, should OpenBSD go under, but they are unlikely to tax their own, scarce resources to keep OpenBSD as such alive.
- blahbl4hblahtoo 13y agoYou are right. Thanks for the clarification.