const_void@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoValve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Communitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1762arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down3·9 months agoMicrosoft: “Oh. Be a real shame if…Someone fucked that up, wouldn’t it?”
minus-squareelouboub@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·9 months agoMicrosoft is a big contributor to the Linux kernel. It would probably not be in their interest to tank it as they’d lose customers from Azure. But who knows, they might be stupid enough to try.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoThey have no reason to hurt the kernel. They can continue making sure the desktop isn’t successful though. They continue to embrace DRM in Windows.
Microsoft: “Oh. Be a real shame if…Someone fucked that up, wouldn’t it?”
Microsoft is a big contributor to the Linux kernel. It would probably not be in their interest to tank it as they’d lose customers from Azure.
But who knows, they might be stupid enough to try.
They have no reason to hurt the kernel. They can continue making sure the desktop isn’t successful though. They continue to embrace DRM in Windows.