The Linux Foundation is Not Even Using Linux to Prepare and Publish the Linux Kernel History Report

Guest Editorial Team

2020-08-30 22:32:02 UTC
Modified: 2020-08-30 22:32:02 UTC

Recent: Linux Foundation Newsletter is Microsoft Windows and Proprietary IIS

Linux Foundation report
A totally unneeded scandal (headsup from Twitter)

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A closer look

Summary: The "something" Foundation (something they make money from, without even using it, supporting it, let alone understanding it) is outsourcing almost everything to Microsoft (GitHub, proprietary software). It's just constantly milking the trademark of Linus Torvalds to make a lot of money and now it uses Apple and proprietary software to prepare a report about Linux (maybe Linux Foundation is the wrong name for it).

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