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From: Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:43:05 -0400
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On 10/11/2024 04:53, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> 
>> Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
>>> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>>> In comp.os.linux.misc Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:
>>>>> But RedHat, and its lackey Poettering,
>>>>
>>>> You should note that the lackey Poettering is now employed by his
>>>> original handler when he was employed by RedHat: Microsoft.
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering
>>>>
>>>>   Lennart Poettering (born 15 October 1980) is a German software
>>>>   engineer working for Microsoft ...
>>>
>>> Microsoft is putting an awful lot of money into Linux. I consider that
>>> a good thing.
>>
>> I would prefer a free OS funded by lots of organisations putting a
>> little money in, rather than relying on a few companies that invest
>> a lot and whose individual opinions therefore matter. But beggers
>> can't be choosers (although I can still choose old versions of
>> Linux, like I'm using now, for some things).
>>
> 
> Microsoft funding something they don't own, usually boils down to:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish .

I bothers me how many Linux users want these large corps money in the 
game. It's dangerous in my opinion because these companies don't have 
their users best interests at heart at all. And for Microsoft it's all 
EEE anyways so Microsoft's Money in Linux is very bad news. (yes, pun 
intended for those who got it).

-- 
Phillip Frabott
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