MS buys influence on linux

[FeralWombat]

So MS is buying into Linux.

http://lunduke.com/2018/03/13/microsoft-is-buying-control-of-linux/

 

Thoughts?

[Guest Generallee]

oh noes 

 

the operating system of the people 

[LogicalDrm]

Do you have actual rebutable source detailing this? The link only gives headline of some podcast. Not any mention of what these "linux and open source" companies are etc.

[FeralWombat]

Honestly not really much, other than reddit:

but I'm guessing that this may have something to do with it:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/debian-kali-linux-distributions-now-available-in-the-microsoft-store/

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Do you have actual rebutable source detailing this? The link only gives headline of some podcast. 

I don't know if you noticed that "some podcast" is Bryan Lunduke, i.e. this guy:

 

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlunduke

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/BryanLunduke

 

 

 

etc...

I mean, a "reputable source" would be someone sourcing from Lunduke...

[LogicalDrm]

28 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I don't know if you noticed that "some podcast" is Bryan Lunduke, i.e. this guy:

 

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlunduke

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/BryanLunduke

 

 

 

etc...

I mean, a "reputable source" would be someone sourcing from Lunduke...

With reputable source I meant tech news site which would be known for more than just HC Linux users. Plus, it's still just pre-text for podcast. If I can't read about main points, it's not more than commentary on some rumors.

[Guest]

Don’t they already own Ubuntu? 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, fpo said:

Don’t they already own Ubuntu? 

No, Canonical Ltd. does.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, tjcater said:

No, Canonical Ltd. does.

Did they buy canonical? 

[Guest]

8 hours ago, fpo said:

Did they buy canonical? 

Nope (There was an April's fool and random buyout rumors but they were only that)

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, tjcater said:

Nope (There was an April's fool and random buyout rumors but they were only that)

Ahh. Then whoever informed me was fooled by this. 

Thet said Microsoft bought Ubuntu to sabotage the image of Linux lol. 

[ARikozuM]

Doesn't Microsoft have a seat on the Linux Foundation's committee?

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/

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[Dat Guy]

On 14.3.2018 at 11:32 AM, FeralWombat said:

Thoughts?

I find it sad that Microsoft wastes the money of us customers for a pile of horse poo.

[Donut417]

Microsoft has been taking pages out of the Linux book for some time. I remember when I took a Win Server 2003 course in 08/09, the instructor told us one of the biggest changes from Server 03 to 08 was the power of the command line. Which is where Linux gains a lot of its power from. Then you got the User Access Control that is similar to what pops up in Linux if you need to do a Sudo command aka need admin privileges. 

 

I wonder if they are doing this because they want to start supporting Linux in some way. I mean they already write software for Mac OS, iOS and Android. So maybe they want to make some of their software Linux capable. Seeing how people are not 100% warming up to Windows 10. Maybe in the future Microsoft will release its own Linux OS. Who knows.