Question

[Darcy Casselman]

Please tone down the rhetoric.

Darcy.


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Eric <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> flamewar. yay.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Mark Ueki Mina <themarker0 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> "Do the Math"
>>
>> You are asking me to do Math in silly ways. And you criticize the article
>> being old... Hokay. Want new ones? Sure.
>>
>> First, take a look at the links below. Let's read!
>>
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/openness/default.aspx
>>
>> Oh wait, they have open licenses and software. You mean they aren't
>> totally evil in every way? Huh.
>>
>> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-releases-annual-linux-development-report
>>
>> Wait, they actually continued to give kernal changes? Where is canonical?
>> Not even listed? Huh.
>>
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/google-and-samsung-soar-into-list-of-top-10-linux-contributors/
>>
>> Wait, they even did that last year? DASTARDLY BASTARDS. They are in your
>> Linux. At least canonical made even to almost be listed
>>
>> Dude, stop being so crazy. Microsoft has a vested interest in GNU/Linux.
>> A huge one. You forget, that the main part of Linux, also known as,
>> servers, Microsoft makes products for. They have so much in your system
>> it's funny. Want to be Microsoftless? Good luck. MS has contributed to
>> everything.
>>
>> So what negatives have MS done for open source, and don't give me that
>> old history crap, since apparently a two year old article is too long for
>> you.
>>
>>
>> > Subject: Re: Question
>> > From: psanchez at colcan.ca
>> > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:11:30 -0500
>>
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 17:50 -0500, Mark Ueki Mina wrote:
>> > > Hate to break it to yea, but "M$" contributes more code than Canonical
>> > > does... Not to mention they are resposibl;e for like 20,000 lines of
>> > > driver code. I'm not exactly fond of the company, I don't think many
>> > > people are, even those who use it. But they do actually help GNU/Linux
>> > > quite a bit more than those who we treat as prominent members of the
>> > > community.
>> > >
>> > Judging how an entity helps GNU/Linux by looking only at the number of
>> > lines of code contributed to the Linux kernel is myopic at best, even
>> > worse, when the supporting data comes from a 2-years-old article.
>> >
>> > To the positives you see in MS, you have to subtract the negatives of
>> > all the FUD, questionable licensing schemes, and other artifacts of
>> > their business world.
>> >
>> > And to the little positive you see in Canonical, you have to add the
>> > positive Linux image they provide, the mind share they bring to the
>> > fold, the code they contribute outside the Linux kernel, and the many
>> > other non-tangible elements they contribute to the Free/Open source
>> > software in general.
>> >
>> > So, do the math, and come back again to this list with a credible
>> > argumentation. I'll be interested in seeing your "numbers" this time.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Pedro
>> >
>> >
>> > > So yea, "M$" has a very strong plays on your Linux.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Sources:
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2166123/microsoft-contributed-code-canonical-linux-2632
>> > >
>> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2009/jul09/07-20linuxqa.aspx
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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