Hacker News Reader

Comment by monoid | Hacker News Reader

Well, Microsoft is a Platinum Member of the Linux Foundation.

It would be really weird to see anything but a positive reaction from a consortium which receives a substantial amount of money from Microsoft.

View on HN

That is a very interesting point actually. That Microsoft is a sponsor of the Linux foundation is not just a plus point in this discussion, but also a motivator for the Foundation to report positively.

This would imply the Linux Foundation are greedy shills. I somehow doubt that.

Why? They have other members that are pretty openly hostile to open source, and specificly linux itself.

Such as vmware and allwinner who refuse to release kernel sourcecode for their products.

I've worked for a non-profit in a controversial space (interaction of faith and science). While my colleagues always strived to tell what they saw as truth, there was always an acknowledgement—unstated—that donors' reactions informed our approaches to addressing issues. Not that we compromised our values, but we couldn't operate in a vacuum.

The Linux Foundation is a joke. Hell, even Oracle is a 'platinum member', and there's no company on earth as aggressively hostile towards FLOSS than Oracle.

I'm really surprised this thread is so heavily upvoted here and on reddit.

The Linux Foundation is literally a lobbying agency for major coporations, why does it matter what's their opinion?

I mean The Linux Foundation president doesn't even use linux on his machine lol [1]. This should say everything you need to know about the foundation really.

[1] - https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/09/17/2017204/linux-foun...

LWN publishes regulator "kernel development statistics" which counts commits on a per-company basis and Oracle shows up consistently. Membership in the Linux Foundation seems entirely justified.

I agree, I made a similar comment here. I think it lacks integrity for the foundation to make such a statement knowing Microsoft is one of their board members as well as being a Platinum member.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com