Blogger Daniel Lange takes a look at the Linux Foundation's 2020 annual report, and concludes that it was produced with Adobe, which is not available on Linux. Further sleuthing by a commentator reveals that the original was created on Microsoft Word. Stock images used for illustration mostly show Apple MacBooks. This is what you get for a $148 million annual budget.
No dog food today - the Linux Foundation annual report.
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Bryan Lunduke has gone over the 2023 Linux Foundation report. He has observed that the foundation spends even less on the kernel than ever, both in absolute dollars and in percentage of the budget. It spends around 2% on Linux and 98% on everything else.
While it's true that The Linux Foundation continues to grow substantially -- now bringing in over a quarter of a Billion dollars per year (seriously) -- the total amount spent on the Linux kernel dropped roughly $400,000 in 2023. (Not surprising as The Lunduke Journal previously pointed out that lowering the total support of Linux appeared to be the goal.)
- The percentage of The Linux Foundation revenue spent on Linux dropped in 2023.
- And the total amount spent dropped as well.
- All while funding of non-Linux projects (such as AI and Blockchain) continued to dominate.
As many notice, budget aside, the foundation does not advance or promote the kernel, rather the opposite. It represents its members' corporate interests inside kernel development. Bruce Perens pointed out about six years ago that the membership the basically amounts to a GPL infringers club.
Previously:
(2023) Linux Foundation Launches New Organization to Maintain TLA+
(2021) Linux Foundation and Partners Announce "Open 3D Foundation"
(2021) Linux Foundation Unveils Sigstore
(2020) Linux Foundation Does Not Eat its Own Dogfood
(Score: 1, Interesting) by PinkyGigglebrain on Friday December 04 2020, @11:33PM (10 children)
Maybe they wanted to be sure that everyone they sent the report to could actually open in.
I've worked for more than one shop that was mostly UNIX or Linux except for the systems in the accounting and PR departments which had to use Windwos,
Had the same setup at home until I retired. A Windwos box for work related stuff and a couple games, and Linux box for everything else.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:36AM (3 children)
That's what I was thinking, maybe that they outsource the annual report generation entirely to another company, which is going to be using proprietary tools as a de facto standard. Actually, I wonder if there are companies that *do* use native Linux tools (even proprietary ones) to do at least some of their administrative work.
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday December 05 2020, @02:24AM
Good point, I hadn't even considered that possibility.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 5, Informative) by MadTinfoilHatter on Saturday December 05 2020, @04:03AM
Don't know if that's the case, but I don't think it's relevant, because this isn't a one-time thing. A few years ago there was a story (don't remember if it was here or on the green site) where the Linux foundation made a call for people to spread the word about something. It was a noble cause - I believe it had to do with lobbying for computers being open to boot whatever OS the user wants. (This was around the time UEFI was first looking to be a serious threat.)
I looked at their (quite simple and certainly intenally made) 2-page pdf and liked it - until I looked at the metadata, which revealed that it was made with Adobe software on Windows. I lost quite a bit of faith in the Linux Foundation that day.
(Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:45AM
And in terms of this:
it's a distinct improvement over the original "fat sweaty Linux nerd sitting in his mom's basement while writing an email on an X230 with several keys broken".
(Score: 5, Funny) by Dr Spin on Saturday December 05 2020, @10:51AM
Probably just desperate to avoid systemd.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday December 05 2020, @02:27PM (2 children)
We used some decent word processing program in the early 1990s, I forget the name but it wasn't Microsoft and it kicked Word's ass at the time.
That came to a screeching halt when we started sharing files instead of paper with our business partners, along about the same time everybody was getting modems for this internet thing. It just wasn't worth the hassle of conversion even though we were 20% more efficient, and our documents looked better, using the better word processor that efficiency was lost when trading documents back and forth with MSWord users.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @02:45PM
That right there is why MS and a lot of the larger software companies largely turned a blind eye to piracy. Sure, they'd go after businesses for it from time to time, but they needed everybody to use their software so that more compliant customers would keep buying and updating their software rather than going with a competitor.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @09:53PM
WordPerfect, probably. I remember it being used in legal circles for a long time after MS Word pushed them out of the general market, because of both the consistency of the formatting and the way superior "reveal codes" ability.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by sjames on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:57PM
Then they should have produced the report in LibreOffice and exported it as a PDF.
On a side note, I have used Thunderbird to rescue mailbox files that MS Outlook corrupted and could no longer open and I have used LibreOffice to read files that MS Office corrupted and could no longer open.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Deeo Kain on Sunday December 06 2020, @08:15PM
You create the document in Libre Office (which already uses a standard format everyone can use and read), you export it as a PDF and you attained perfect universal accessibility.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday December 04 2020, @11:33PM
Linux will never vanquish Microsoft.
When the corruption touches high places, the dream is over.
It always been like that.
Everytime, everywhere.
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 04 2020, @11:41PM (15 children)
I don't think Jim Zemlin Executive Director of the Linux Foundation has ever used Linux as a desktop. He exlusively use iOS and MacOS.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/ [linuxfoundation.org]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:56AM (13 children)
Exactly, this stuff isn't new. We've known for a long time the Linux Foundation was just a corporate sham.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by leon_the_cat on Saturday December 05 2020, @01:26AM (5 children)
The word "foundation" as the final word in a corporate name translates as "scam" in corporatism.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:21AM (4 children)
Like, Trump Foundation?
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @05:10AM (1 child)
It can't be definitive though, because while there is a Clinton foundation, I've never heard of a Biden one.Whoops. Just checked [pjmedia.com]. Carry on.
(Score: 3, Funny) by leon_the_cat on Saturday December 05 2020, @11:36AM
Yes Joe Biden has a cancer foundation. You seem to be under the delusion that he wants to stop cancer, quite the opposite.
(Score: 3, Funny) by fustakrakich on Saturday December 05 2020, @05:16AM (1 child)
Who?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @08:14AM
There is no bytram Foundation. I know. I checked. Some organizations have integrity.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:24AM (5 children)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:25PM (3 children)
We're not comparing the quality of software here, we're talking about an organization promoting something they don't use themselves.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday December 05 2020, @09:13PM (2 children)
... why else wouldn't they use FREE software?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @05:37AM (1 child)
If you want to remain at topic you should have asked. Why do they promote shit they don't want to use themselves.
I consider my Linux system superiour to a Windows or MacOS for the things I use computers for. Quality is subjective, because it's based on subjective criteria like "shiny buttons", where they are placed or command line interface for scripting etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @10:22AM
Phrased like a rebuttal, but isn't.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday December 05 2020, @08:31PM
You would *never* see Microsoft executives giving presentations on MacBooks, and claiming, "well, it's the best tool for the job...". You wouldn't see GM executives driving around in Toyotas. When you're promoting something, you just don't use a direct competitor's product unless you really have to, even if the competitor's product is better for that purpose. This is Marketing 101.
(Score: 1, Troll) by rleigh on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:04PM
Linux became just another corporate project after the Linux Foundation was formed. He who pays the piper calls the tune, and with the "Linux Foundation" paying for Linus and others, they are firmly in the drivers seat.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:16PM
what a dumb fucking whore.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 04 2020, @11:54PM
NT
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:00AM
We know you can't resist.
(Score: 5, Funny) by richtopia on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:08AM (1 child)
While I want the Linux Foundation to user their own products, I suspect the news letter publishing is outsourced. Maybe it is outsourced to someone who pirated the publishing software. Does that make it better?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Marand on Saturday December 05 2020, @05:59AM
Well, then they'd at least get the free in "free and open source software". That's marginally better than only matching the "software" part of FOSS.
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:17AM (7 children)
Managers are trained in a certain way and Linux is not part of it.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Saturday December 05 2020, @05:29AM (4 children)
Bad managers have a lot of weird beliefs. Like that software development times can be estimated with a high degree of accuracy, and that production is production and it doesn't matter if it's software or assembly line. They think people are all slackers, and must be constantly pushed and prodded to get work done. Anyone who isn't sweating bullets isn't working hard enough.
As to libre software, it is nigh impossible to get them to accept that not being backed by a mighty corporation does not make it inherently less reliable. Big Daddy has to give them one heck of a beating before they will reluctantly leave the nest. Siccing the BSA on them to crawl up their rears for a complete inspection of all hardware and data storage devices for pirated software can be enough of a whipping that they'll leave.
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday December 05 2020, @10:48AM (2 children)
It's not a question of believes; at least not totally. First of all, they are trained like this and it's hard to change habits accrued in college days. Then they are junior managers and seniors don't accept other tools.
As per corporation backing, it's really the question of liability for them. When it fails their excuses are simple: "we used the best" and "everybody using it". This way a manager might loose the bonus, but would not be fired. With a true innovation, no matter how good, a manager is on the line.
Similarly that's why investment "gurus" are never against the market no matter how badly positioned.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday December 05 2020, @07:48PM
I have often wondered what the heck do colleges teach in Management 101? Turns out, that doesn't much matter. There are a variety of reasons why the bad manager might never have had any such training. Some have had training, but it didn't take as intended. Some of those sorts of managers use the knowledge in anti-social ways, and still others never believed in it and don't use it at all. A common error in large organizations is to mistake the ambitious, loudmouth, b.s. artist ignoramus as a proactive go-getter, and tap that person for management.
Yes, CYA. Back in the day, the saying was that no one ever got fired for buying IBM.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @05:22PM
This.... In spades
A manager's primary worry (middle to low level that is) is to CYA such that at worst, they lose out on part of their bonus but maintain their job.
When you view their actions through that lens (job preservation) then you see why they do things like "install MSTurd" for everyone. When something goes wrong, they can argue "don't blame me, not my fault, I followed the corp. policy to the letter".
Most managers jobs is risk mitigation (risk for themselves that is), and if using MS everything reduces their personal risk, then using MS everything is what will continue. The only time something like Libreoffice will even be considered is when the risk of MS everything becomes greater than the risk of "switch to LibreOffice" (or when the CEO makes a decree, then suddenly the risk profiles change overnight, and so do the managers).
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday December 05 2020, @02:40PM
I've watched bad managers sink multiple companies with "dress for success" decisions, primarily selection of pretty office space, but also expensive travel and I suspect carrying status symbol accessories like Macbook Pro laptops goes along with this kind of thinking.
If they really believed in the Linux Foundation, they should be multi-booting their Macbook Pros into Linux, but I suspect the dress for success types view that as a distraction from their core mission of winning friends and influencing people.
First bad manager who sank a company for me decided to lease a 6000 sqft 4th floor in a bank building instead of purchasing a 5000 sqft ground floor freestanding structure next door for equivalent money. We only needed about 2000 sqft for current operations, but having the whole floor lent that "air of success" he was seeking, and he didn't believe that real estate management or investment was an important aspect of the business. In the two years following the move, real estate in the area inflated 250% - had we purchased instead of leased we would have made enough money on the ownership to finance operations for at least a year, maybe two or three, and during those years real estate inflated another 200% (5x increase at peak) - though it did deflate back to the 2.5x level during the 2008 crash. Anyway, instead, we failed to secure investment and essentially ceased operations with 3.5 years remaining on the 4th floor lease - did a kind of bankruptcy negotiation with the landlord to move into 300 sqft of offices on the 3rd floor and ran on unpaid volunteers for 3 years before finally finding some Chinese investors who breathed life into the operation again for a couple of years before going bust again. I believe said bad manager's rich mother finally died somewhere in there and he immediately retired on his inheritance.
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(Score: 2) by DeVilla on Sunday December 06 2020, @01:01AM (1 child)
Jim Whitehurst, former CEO of Redhat & President of IBM, runs fedora on his laptop. Many managers may be lemmings, but they can still do ok, even if they aren't.
(Score: 2) by legont on Sunday December 06 2020, @12:40PM
While Jim is a trained manager, he started his education and carrier as a tech. However, it's not gonna help IBM as vast majority of managers over there were trained as managers and they force their culture on managers promoted from tech. In short, Jim will lose, I am afraid.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 5, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:28AM (3 children)
I uninstalled everything related to Adobe. I even removed it from the family's Windows machines!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @02:53AM (2 children)
Congrats on a comment with (Score: 5, Troll).
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:23AM
That's how Runaway rolls! Even when he is right, he is a troll!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:40AM
ditto
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:30AM (1 child)
surely they outsourced the design to a pro print shop?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:43AM
Worse, a pro design shop. Even if the text was supplied in odf or txt format, it would have been opened in Word.
There would have been instructions to.make it look good.. then the graphics person does as they are told.. Get some free, stock "computer" images, probably put everything in ms publisher.. Done.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Troll) by Revek on Saturday December 05 2020, @12:48AM
I bet they sniff each others farts all the time though.
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:00AM (1 child)
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Tork on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:26AM
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Coligny on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:04AM
This is Biden-Trump wargarbl level of stupid...
If i wanted to look at turds i’d clean my cat litterboxes...
If I wanted to be moderated by mor0nic groupthinking retards I would still be on Digg and Reddshit.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @03:40AM
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(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:03AM (2 children)
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:06AM (1 child)
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @08:21AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @05:01PM
Ok, boomer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @06:53PM
No need to do it as an article eh?
(Score: 2) by sonamchauhan on Saturday December 05 2020, @09:00PM
... Azure and Adobe cloud services where everything is backed up/updated/monitored run Linux. :-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @11:00PM
The Linux foundation is a bunch or corporate interests, coming together to collaborate on Linux. I suspect their main focus is on Servers (where the Linux money is), and maybe appliances/embedded, and they don't care much about desktop Linux. Thus it seems reasonable that they would use random desktop software on whatever OS they want. The real question is what OS is running on their servers? I suspect its actually Linux.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2020, @11:30PM (2 children)
Remember when a govt province in Germany (Bavaria?) ditched Microsoft to go all Linux and after their experience *switched back*? Hardly surprising. Linux dominates in the niches its good at and doesn't in the niches where the competitors are better. Linux "World Domination" will NEVER HAPPEN, and I'm OK with that.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @05:42AM
Dude the latest news is that they're switching back to Linux for the umpteenth time.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Deeo Kain on Sunday December 06 2020, @05:56AM
It was Munich. They are now back on Linux:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/ [zdnet.com]
Hamburg then decided to follow Munich's example:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-dropped-for-open-source-why-hamburg-is-now-following-munichs-lead/ [zdnet.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 06 2020, @11:10PM
buck feta