Slashdot Adding Microsoft GitHub to All Linux Pages in Order to Shill Proprietary Code Hosting
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2022-09-19 13:35:48 UTC
Modified: 2022-09-19 13:35:48 UTC
Summary: Slashdot used to be a pro-GNU/Linux site; now it's run by very different people, but many make wrong assumptions about what the site actually is
("Schneier on Security" seems to have become "Slashdot on Security" lately)
In any democratic, functioning institution they would not even ask if he can continue another term; he would be summarily sacked and investigated over the corruption, the cocaine, the racism and so on
The crowd/audience Linus Torvalds panders to is paid by GAFAM to go attend and dominate (speak at) LF events. They're people whose employer forces them to use slop, it's inorganic.
