Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2018 schrieb goli...@dyne.org: > On 2018-06-05 07:57, KatolaZ wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Interesting isn't it that this new user arrives to DNG just days before > the github announcement and that most of his posts have been trying to > convince us what a wonderful thing it will be. Can't you just hear the > bluebirds and smell the roses? We get what's happening and where he's > coming from. But I can't see anyone in this camp buying into this very > transparent propaganda. Time to move on. No fish are biting here . . . > > golinux
Over on devuan mailinglist a simillar bird apeared with simillar tone ... but he quickly lost his temper :-) Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng