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


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