Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence

On Thu, 11 Oct 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:

Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

In comp.os.linux.misc Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

But RedHat, and its lackey Poettering,

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You should note that the lackey Poettering is now employed by his
original handler when he was employed by RedHat: Microsoft.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering
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  Lennart Poettering (born 15 October 1980) is a German software
  engineer working for Microsoft ...

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Microsoft is putting an awful lot of money into Linux. I consider that
a good thing.

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I would prefer a free OS funded by lots of organisations putting a
little money in, rather than relying on a few companies that invest
a lot and whose individual opinions therefore matter. But beggers
can't be choosers (although I can still choose old versions of
Linux, like I'm using now, for some things).
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Microsoft funding something they don't own, usually boils down to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish .