Microsoft Still Hates GNU/Linux and Mark Shuttleworth Knows It (But He is Desperate for Money)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2019-12-10 10:54:09 UTC
- Modified: 2019-12-10 10:54:09 UTC
Microsoft is still suing and Canonical still loses money (for a long time)
“That’s extortion and we should call it what it is. To say, as Ballmer did, that there is undisclosed balance sheet liability, that’s just extortion and we should refuse to get drawn into that game.”
--Mark Shuttleworth
"Microsoft is asking people to pay them for patents, but they won’t say which ones. If a guy walks into a shop and says: “It’s an unsafe neighbourhood, why don’t you pay me 20 bucks and I’ll make sure you’re okay,” that’s illegal. It’s racketeering."
--Mark Shuttleworth
Summary: We're supposed to believe that a PR or image management (reputation laundering) campaign alone can turn Microsoft from GNU/Linux foe into friend/ally
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