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● 08.23.12

●● Microsoft Has Influence in Linux and FOSS

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, SLES/SLED at 11:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Microsoft is FOSS is Microsoft

Summary: How Microsoft staff and money help change the message of its opposition

THE LINUX FOUNDATION continues to promote ‘Microsoft Linux’ in a variety of ways. This is one of two examples from this week — an example where an offering from SUSE gets lip service from a SUSE-funded (which is in turn Microsoft-funded) organisation. Another company with Microsoft ties gets its say on FOSS after issuing a press release that can be found here. Over the years we have shown examples (here is a recent example [1, 2]) where Microsoft connections and funding helped change the policy and message of FOSS, so this subject is important. It aids the propaganda machine whenever the opposing side gets infiltrated. █

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“I would love to see all open source innovation happen on top of Windows.”

–Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

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