const_void@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoValve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Communitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mllinux_gaming@lemmy.worldlinux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·1 year agoMicrosoft: “Oh. Be a real shame if…Someone fucked that up, wouldn’t it?”
minus-squareelouboub@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoMicrosoft is a big contributor to the Linux kernel. It would probably not be in their interest to tank it as they’d lose customers from Azure. But who knows, they might be stupid enough to try.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThey have no reason to hurt the kernel. They can continue making sure the desktop isn’t successful though. They continue to embrace DRM in Windows.
Microsoft: “Oh. Be a real shame if…Someone fucked that up, wouldn’t it?”
Microsoft is a big contributor to the Linux kernel. It would probably not be in their interest to tank it as they’d lose customers from Azure.
But who knows, they might be stupid enough to try.
They have no reason to hurt the kernel. They can continue making sure the desktop isn’t successful though. They continue to embrace DRM in Windows.