Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative
by msla on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:19AM
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I remember when IBM was running ads on TV for Linux, and I don't remember them getting the kind of push-back Microsoft is.
And IBM used to be seriously rapacious.
More to the point:
> Have they really turned "good"?
"Good" and "bad" presume human morality, which groups don't have. Groups view the world as "good for the group" or "bad for the group", or "in line with policy" or "contrary to policy", or on some other axis which is not entirely parallel to the whole "good"/"bad" thing individuals mostly follow.
Point being, Microsoft will do what it always does: Attempt to improve its next quarterly balance sheet. Same as IBM. We have to rely on the licenses to make sure it can't take over any projects. Same as IBM.
And IBM used to be seriously rapacious.
More to the point:
> Have they really turned "good"?
"Good" and "bad" presume human morality, which groups don't have. Groups view the world as "good for the group" or "bad for the group", or "in line with policy" or "contrary to policy", or on some other axis which is not entirely parallel to the whole "good"/"bad" thing individuals mostly follow.
Point being, Microsoft will do what it always does: Attempt to improve its next quarterly balance sheet. Same as IBM. We have to rely on the licenses to make sure it can't take over any projects. Same as IBM.