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From: Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com>
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Subject: Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:56:39 -0400
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On 10/12/2024 16:55, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, Phillip Frabott wrote:
> 
>> 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).
> 
> I agree completely. That's why linux is becoming less good and more 
> political. I've had dealings with the linux foundation, and it was all 
> corporate CV stuffing and corporate bullsh*t.
> 
> But, another factor I think, is the age and size of the project. It is 
> ossifying. Innovation is slowing down.
> 
> I often wonder if the community oriented people will turn to BSD, or if 
> there will be a new kind of "big bang" that will generate something new, 
> that will take off with lightning speed?

Forgive me, I'm going to make the assumption that when you say Linux, 
you are referring to GNU/Linux (Linux just being the kernel).

I think the innovation is slowing down because GNU/Linux has finally 
caught up to where other operating systems are today. The same could be 
said about Windows or MacOS. They really aren't innovating with any 
speed either. My biggest thing is that I hope with us at a point now 
where we have technological parity with the other OSes, we can start to 
see projects finish the 'last mile' of development. Most of the 
FOSS/OSS/Freedom Software out there is 80% and they just stop developing 
as "good enough". Which it is, but that extra 20% polish would really 
create a top notch system that can truly rival and even overthrow the 
other operating systems. We should try to shift our focus on building 
the software to 100% but finishing that polish needed for most packages 
out there.

(If you were referring to only the Linux kernel my statement still 
applies, just leave the GNU bits of my statement out of it).

-- 
Phillip Frabott
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