Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation
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Former Microsoft CEO might have labeled Linux "a cancer" 15 years ago, but things couldn't be any different this week. Microsoft, the software giant that has built its empire on closed-source proprietary software, is joining the Linux Foundation. 10 years ago that would have seemed unimaginable, but Microsoft has been steadily embracing open source recently, leading it to become the top organization with the most open source contributors on Github.
As Ars Technica notes, Microsoft has been contributing to Linux for several years now, and Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, welcomes the company joining the foundation. "Microsoft is better able to collaborate with the open source community to deliver transformative mobile and cloud experiences to more people."
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Such a very different Microsoft. Hopefully they don't start pushing bad code.... even since Lenovo went bad I've hated the first through that pops into my mind, because I've been proven right so often now.
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@travisdh1 said in Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation:
Such a very different Microsoft. Hopefully they don't start pushing bad code.... even since Lenovo went bad I've hated the first through that pops into my mind, because I've been proven right so often now.
The beauty of open source is protection against that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation:
@travisdh1 said in Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation:
Such a very different Microsoft. Hopefully they don't start pushing bad code.... even since Lenovo went bad I've hated the first through that pops into my mind, because I've been proven right so often now.
The beauty of open source is protection against that.
Open source makes the world go 'round. I'm all for MS joining and boo on them for not doing it sooner.
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I would say everyone should raise a glass to Microsoft for this move.
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@StuartJordan said in Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation:
I would say everyone should raise a glass to Microsoft for this move.
They've been doing such a good job the last year or two. Very impressive.
