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It's really twisting things in order to fit a wierd corporate narrative on FOSS. "Even companies like GE are helping to fund noncommercial software, having con
by rando289 11y ago
It's really twisting things in order to fit a wierd corporate narrative on FOSS.
"Even companies like GE are helping to fund noncommercial software, having con-
tributed $105 million to Pivotal, the home of projects like Cloud Foundry." Uh... they invested for a 10% stake in a for profit company which creates commercially focused free software, among other things. The corporate doublespeak runs deep.
Reminds me generally of orielly's screwy agenda http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler
- nickpsecurity 11y agoYeah, that is deceptive. Facebook is a great example of a company funding FOSS. Redhat is the canonical example. EnterpriseDB is another example. The defining characteristic is the difference between what they're taking from a project and what they're contributing. Most companies prefer a 95-100% one-way relationship in their favor.