Microsoft is pledging our massive patent portfolio – over 60,000 patents – to Linux and open source by joining OIN this morning. If you're looking for signs that we are serious about being the world's largest open source company, look no further.https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-portfolio/ …
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This was less than 20 years ago:https://www.zdnet.com/article/fact-and-fiction-in-the-microsoft-sco-relationship/ …
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Different leadership.. Look at how much money, source code, and support is being provided by Microsoft to open source developers and users in the last five years. Folks learn... and change.
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See previous tweet - I simply don't trust the company.
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Are you not going to trust projects that take advantage of the patent sharing opportunity?
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On the Linux Foundation - it's not really looking after Linux any more. It's more of an industry body representing the interests of a bunch of companies, and as such should be viewed with some suspicion. (Yeah, I know, I am sounding like RMS II)
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