Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, Phillip Frabott wrote:

On 10/11/2024 04:53, D wrote:

  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,

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

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

 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).
 

 Microsoft funding something they don't own, usually boils down to:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish .

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I bothers me how many Linux users want these large corps money in the game. It's dangerous in my opinion because these companies don't have their users best interests at heart at all. And for Microsoft it's all EEE anyways so Microsoft's Money in Linux is very bad news. (yes, pun intended for those who got it).

I agree completely. That's why linux is becoming less good and more political. I've had dealings with the linux foundation, and it was all corporate CV stuffing and corporate bullsh*t.
But, another factor I think, is the age and size of the project. It is ossifying. Innovation is slowing down.
I often wonder if the community oriented people will turn to BSD, or if there will be a new kind of "big bang" that will generate something new, that will take off with lightning speed?