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Re:Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,00... by paxys on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:26PM (#17410558)
Microsoft is routinely the biggest contributor to the Linux source, so it's not like big companies are just getting the stuff for nothing.
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Re:Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,00... by olyjohn on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:13PM (#17410933)
I keep hearing this, but the "biggest" contribution was Hyper-V drivers so that Linux could run on Hyper-V. They came in, dumped some bloated drivers, then left and became unresponsive.
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Re:Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,00... by sounds on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:41PM (#17410673)
Microsoft and other big companies are literally getting the stuff for zero dollars.

That they choose to contribute is because it is in their best interest to do so.

Free software is sort of a brain hack in that way: because Linux is successful, it is in Microsoft's best interest to contribute. But that's very different than saying, for example, that Microsoft owes dues and pays them.

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