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Canonical's Latest Love Letter to Microsoft (Ubuntu Promoting Proprietary Spyware With Back Doors)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 05, 2025

Typical Canonical, promoting Microsoft (and sometimes Windows) instead of competing against them:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Azure: how to stay secure after standard support ends

That's ubuntu.com. Here's canonical.com:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Azure: how to stay secure after standard support ends

An author who seems to be working for Microsoft, even if the salary comes from Mark Shuttleworth (MS).

Jehudi's articles

All of Jehudi's articles, sans maybe 1 or 2, promote proprietary Microsoft things, sometimes falsely calling them "open" or "secure". This is false marketing.

The Canonical HR issue is over 15 years old [1, 2, 3].

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