Canonical Already Behaving Like Microsoft Subsidiary (But No Takeover/Acquisition Announced)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-08-09 11:06:25 UTC
- Modified: 2023-08-09 11:06:25 UTC
Months ago:
MS (Mark Shuttleworth) as a Microsoft Salesperson
This week (yesterday):
Summary: Mark Shuttleworth's Canonical is doing marketing for Microsoft; this isn't a company that will participate in any antitrust action against Microsoft as Microsoft pays it not to
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