Microsofters Now in Control of the Domain Linux.com
Crossposted from Tux Machines
"Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!"
--Microsoft, internal document [PDF]
It's him again, the ageist from Microsoft, as it seems like all the others keep leaving
THE Linux Foundation cannot seem to understand what Linux is and what to do with Linux.com. Ever since it fired all the staff writers and all the editors in 2019, leaving the site in radio silence for months, it couldn't quite find what to do with it. First it let SPAMnil post a bunch of Microsoft garbage in there, then it hired some people to post there (but they left or got fired or got reassigned shortly afterwards).
Then, years later, Jason Perlow from Microsoft was put in charge. Perlow posted a bunch of very controversial stuff, including admission that operating systems that are not Linux would be promoted in Linux.com and by the Linux Foundation. Perlow is a money chaser like Miguel de Icaza (whom he kept boosting), so just like SPAMnil et al he does not value Linux, he's just using the brand to make money, even to get a job at Microsoft. It's all about money and opportunism to them, not passion.
With the Proxima guy apparently gone, as that name has not shown up in months and instead "author" field was a blank name, it's now just Perlow who posts there. It's not about Linux, it is about openwashing, as usual.
Notice how little they write these days (not summer holiday):
And notice who's posting these:
