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Debconf 2016 Welcomes... Microsoft!

posted by martyb on Friday April 15 2016, @04:56AM   Printer-friendly
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The annual Debian developers conference, debconf 16, is taking place July 2-9 in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring for the first time ever Microsoft as a silver sponsor.

This seems consistent with the strategy, that pessimists may define EEE (embrace, extend, extinguish), of seeking close integration with the GNU/Linux system.

The move, from a traditionally hostile company that recently started showing enthusiasm towards open source software, is causing a mixture of derision and opposition in the community. As the grey beards in the IT community might recall, most of Microsoft partners, from IBM to the humble dev, tend to end up screwed in the long term. Will GNU/Linux be the exception?

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 15 2016, @06:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 15 2016, @06:08AM (#332092)

    I give Linux 10 years before it is absorbed and/or nullified/owned by patents.

    Stupid troll, Google already forked Linux, absolutely everyone uses Android instead, and Debian remains a niche distro for basement dwellers.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 15 2016, @06:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 15 2016, @06:48AM (#332106)

    Stupid troll, Google already forked Linux, absolutely everyone uses Android instead, and Debian remains a niche distro for basement dwellers.

    Hello troll, you should consider registering here with a real username.

    You can "Google" Android and patents and discover where in the world (or where in many worlds) one company is pulling in money from patents already.

    Everyone doesn't use Android.

    Debian is a good strategic project to absorb. Once community oriented distros are absorbed, it will be easy to "treat" the others. Take away
    the large spring which nourishes other distros with its packages and efforts, and the others can fall (easier). IMO your comment about Debian
    confirms the presence of ONE WAY "watchers" on the web.

    10 years, and it's all ONE WAY. Stay tuned! Openbsd has already received a kind donation. Those saying switch to BSD may eventually
    find themselves lost in the same wasteland.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday April 15 2016, @12:06PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Friday April 15 2016, @12:06PM (#332184) Journal

      Yes... For $5000 (silver sponsor), the Embrace is extended.

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