They tell us that the "supply chain" is a threat to Free software; well, it certainly is when Microsoft and the NSA control it.
THE simple fact is, Microsoft is an inherently unethical and very aggressive, ruthless company. When it claims to have changed or to have become ethical it's simply lying. Microsoft is renowned for its lying, too. Consider this new example: [via]
"The GitHub "asset" was just a missing piece in Microsoft's war on Free software and purchasing NPM was the acquisition of more control over Microsoft's competition.""Of course!"
"But Microsoft, did you undermine GNU/Linux in Munich and bribed for it?"
"No comment!"
Munich is just one example of many, of course...
"The war on Free software carries on; only the strategy changed somewhat, but not the goal/s."The laughable concept that Microsoft bought GitHub because of "love" is easily refuted by the fact that GitHub was in fact proprietary and two years down the line remains proprietary. The GitHub "asset" was just a missing piece in Microsoft's war on Free software and purchasing NPM was the acquisition of more control over Microsoft's competition.
The only frustrating thing is that some people are still in denial about it, maybe having been indoctrinated by liars from sites like ZDNet.
People ought to openly speak about what Microsoft really is. It's still run by the same sociopaths who ran it one decade ago, two decades ago, and three decades ago. Only the PR strategy has changed. The war on Free software carries on; only the strategy changed somewhat, but not the goal/s. ⬆