Microsoft's tactics against GNU/Linux have not changed much in two decades, they're just framed differently, nowadays the attacks are masqueraded as friendship and proxies are used more than before. So as a fresh look at how these established tactics are used currently to attack Free Software, a guest poster at TechRights has summarized them in a ten-chapter handbook, aptly named A Handbook for Destroying the Free Software Movement. The first two chapters cover what Microsoft is now doing through GitHub, licensing, Azure, Visual Studio, Vista10, and its other components foisted on developers. Other chapters cover manipulation of media coverage, OEM lock-in, use of attack proxies, and software patents. Most of all, these tactics have stayed true to the plans outlined over 20 years ago in the Halloween Documents.
It's written a bit tongue in cheek from Microsoft's perspective. Some material is drawn from Comes v Microsoft (aka The Iowa Case) and, as mentioned, the leaked internal memos known as the Halloween Documents.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 12 2019, @11:37PM (6 children)
It's Red Hat and their systemd that will destroy Linux.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday June 12 2019, @11:49PM (1 child)
It has the kernal. [wccftech.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @01:40AM
no, Commodore 64 had the "kernal"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 12 2019, @11:51PM (1 child)
IBM bought Redhat, remember?
IBM: shitting in the computing pool since 1894 (Well, sometime in the 1800s.0
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @12:04AM
What do you expect from a company named "IBM" -> "I BM" -> "I Bowel Movement"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @07:15AM
Its IBM now
They were bought out.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday June 14 2019, @12:33AM
Microsoft will be the savior of Linux by luring Poettering into the fold and going full systemd ahead.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"