On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 01:15:30PM +0100, Mark Rousell wrote: [cut]
> > This is why I predicted that Microsoft will in due course buy a major > corporate Linux company. It would fit perfectly with their new business > model under Nadella. > > In short, Microsoft isn't a killer. It's a business. Under Nadella, it > is doing what is rationally best for itself and, for the foreseeable > future, that is to be friendly to open source and Linux. > > Maybe they'll change their minds again but it won't be soon. Enjoy it > while it lasts. ;-) > > I don't believe in fairy tales any more. For me Microsoft remains the same rabid dog we have seen so far, and there is nothing you or Microsoft can say to convince me otherwise. You said it above: Microsoft is in business, and business has nothing to do with being friendly. Business is for making profit, and Microsoft has shown to be able to bring this principle to the extreme, tending to make profit literally *at all costs*. It seems that you like Microsoft a lot. Good luck with that. Maybe they might also decide to hire you one day or another. They need enthusiastic ex-open-source-evangelists like Miguel De Icaza to support their cause. I prefer to continue avoiding it actively, as you avoid a rabid dog. HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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