'Linux' Foundation Became an Instrument of Microsoft and Proprietary Software Openwashing
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-11-16 18:23:34 UTC
- Modified: 2022-11-16 18:27:58 UTC
As part of the
openwashing PR stunts so far this week (paid-for press releases and sponsored fluff disguised as "news"):
![LF Sonic PR](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lf-sonic.png)
One might think it's just some random project
![Proprietary PR](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/proprietary-PR.png)
But it is actually Microsoft and the Web site of the 'Linux' Foundation uses proprietary software
![Github Sonic](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/github-sonic.png)
Of course it's controlled by Microsoft and its proprietary prison (GitHub), i.e. not vendor-neutral
![Sonic is 404](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sonic-404.png)
And Microsoft linked to a missing page
Summary: The Seattle puff pieces from the Linux Foundation include openwashing Microsoft PR for Microsoft, amplifying deceit; to make matters worse, it promotes proprietary GitHub, a repository that is missing, and the Linux Foundation recently moved from Free/Open Source software to a proprietary and outsourced CMS (so basically everything is proprietary here, even the announcements)