04.02.19
Microsoft Linux Entryism: A Roundup
Summary: Interlude and roundup of posts about Microsoft’s entryism-esque strategy, which involves it painting itself as its own competition while silently taking over parts of it (using money and a PR campaign)
THIS year, as planned, by putting aside some USPTO coverage (but not EPO coverage) we’ve freed up some time to cover GNU/Linux matters — more or less like we used to about a decade ago. We recently began a series which is not over yet (it’s work in progress) and we’ve already seen some responses in the form of articles, which themselves attracted comments such those citing us directly. “When Microsoft acquired The Linux Foundation in 2016, it ceased to be moral,” one comment said in recent days. There are dozens more.
“Nobody has yet complained about any inaccuracies.”In order to organise matters and put it in a chronological context we’ve decided that, rather than put it all in a Wiki (like we typically do) we’d link back to previous articles. Here are some articles of relevance to this:
- What Happened to the Linux Foundation?
- Constructive Suggestions for the Linux Foundation
- The Linux Foundation is Not About Linux
- Guest Post: The Linux Foundation Needs to Define “Support”
- Jim Zemlin’s Linux Foundation Still Does Not Care About Linux Desktops
- Microsoft and Its Patent Trolls Continue Their Patent War, Including the War on Linux
- The Linux Foundation Needs to Speak Out Against Microsoft’s Ongoing (Continued) Patent Shakedown of OEMs That Ship Linux
- Jim Zemlin’s PAC Keeps Raising Money From Microsoft
- Microsoft is Complaining About Android and Chrome OS (GNU/Linux) Vendor Not Paying for Microsoft Patents (Updated)
- Today’s Open Invention Network is Run by Former Patent Trolls, Connected to and Backed by Microsoft
- WSL is a Misleading Acronym/Name Because There’s No Linux in It, It’s Just Windows
- Microsoft ‘Bought’ the LOT Network Like it Did the ‘Linux’ Foundation and It’s Now, as a Result, Yet Another Microsoft PR Front
- Microsoft Loves Linux
- Which Microsoft?
- Microsoft’s Patent Trolls Are Still Suing Microsoft’s Rivals to Help Sell Microsoft
- The Evolution of Microsoft Embracing Python Like a Python Snake
- Always Remember That Red Hat Also Considered Microsoft as a Buyer
We have several more pieces on the way, but we need to be patient until we can verify all the facts (pertinent claims ascertained to be true, for sure). Nobody has yet complained about any inaccuracies. We wish to keep it that way. █
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