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Microsoft is the FSF's arch-nemesis. It doesn't matter what they do: it must always be wrong, as it is their very existence that defines the FSF. The hate must
by dtf 17y ago
Microsoft is the FSF's arch-nemesis. It doesn't matter what they do: it must always be wrong, as it is their very existence that defines the FSF. The hate must survive.
- bitdiddle 17y agoOff the top of my head I would suspect the FSF was established well before MS's rise to dominate the desktop.
- arnoooooo 17y agoThe FSF was indeed created in 1985, a bit before the first version of Windows,
- nopassrecover 17y agoThe FSF can't very well target IBM anymore though.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoWell if they can shift from IBM to Microsoft, I'm sure they can shift again if Microsoft actually embraces FLOSS to any great extent. Which further undermines the original point claiming that FSF just parrot the opposite of whatever Microsoft say.
- j_baker 17y agoMaybe it's just me, but if the FSF's existence depends on Microsoft being evil, then it deserves to die.