Asking Microsoft If It Loves Linux is Like Asking Google If It's Evil

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-05-25 07:09:54 UTC
Modified: 2020-05-25 07:09:54 UTC

Fiduciary duty: Corporations don't lie; they just do and say whatever suits shareholders

Afternoon Google Search Morning/Afternoon: Do know evil? Do no evil

Summary: The media keeps bombarding us with lousy, weakly-sourced messages about Microsoft regretting its stance on "Open Source" and loving "Linux" (both are lies that are very easily debunked), so journalism has an existential problem and maybe too much dependence on ad money (a form of bribery) from "Big Tech" that does "clown computing" and "apps"

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