Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:38:17 +0100 From: Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye <laoluomoks@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft announced it is joining The Linux Foundation? Message-ID: <24FA45F2-55B6-4225-A14F-EF698CD7C29B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20161118113224.20964d7d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAN7_dzdQ9yQNdm5_FbqqkQdJPYXhcYzFMBiCZsPbDiUge7j%2Bmw@mail.gmail.com> <20161118113224.20964d7d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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My thoughts: It seems to me rather that a prediction made by my boss some years back is c= oming to pass - that in the near future, which is now, closed source and ope= n source will merge with the closed source guys recognizing the importance a= nd power of open source community and finally bowing rather than arguing ...= " remember that a man with an argument is at the mercy of man with an exper= ience. Also remember that MSoft has a new CEO, a younger generation with a new way o= f thinking. A paradigm shift who know and believe that open source is not wo= rth fighting but joining. Whatever the motive, the community is too big to i= nfect but add to. Warm regards=20 Ola Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Nov 2016, at 11:32 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >=20 >> On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:35:36 -0300, SOUL_OF_ROOT 55 wrote: >> Can this be? Microsoft announced it is joining The Linux Foundation? >=20 > They are prividing a certain sum of money, and that amount > makes them a platinum member, not more, not less. Basically > anoyone who donates $500,000 annually can be a platinum member > of The Linux Foundation. In case of MICROS~1, this is probably > an attempt to re-gain "developers' share", a facet of "the > new MICROS~1" thathopes people forget security nightmares, > forced updates, patent extortion and vendor lock-in... but > who really knows what happens inside MICROS~1... ;-) >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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