Question

[Pedro I. Sanchez]

On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 17:50 -0500, Mark Ueki Mina wrote:
> Hate to break it to yea, but "M$" contributes more code than Canonical
> does... Not to mention they are resposibl;e for like 20,000 lines of
> driver code. I'm not exactly fond of the company, I don't think many
> people are, even those who use it. But they do actually help GNU/Linux
> quite a bit more than those who we treat as prominent members of the
> community. 
> 
Judging how an entity helps GNU/Linux by looking only at the number of
lines of code contributed to the Linux kernel is myopic at best, even
worse, when the supporting data comes from a 2-years-old article.

To the positives you see in MS, you have to subtract the negatives of
all the FUD, questionable licensing schemes, and other artifacts of
their business world. 

And to the little positive you see in Canonical, you have to add the
positive Linux image they provide, the mind share they bring to the
fold, the code they contribute outside the Linux kernel, and the many
other non-tangible elements they contribute to the Free/Open source
software in general.

So, do the math, and come back again to this list with a credible
argumentation. I'll be interested in seeing your "numbers" this time.

-- 
Pedro


> So yea, "M$" has a very strong plays on your Linux.
> 
> 
> Sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2166123/microsoft-contributed-code-canonical-linux-2632
> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2009/jul09/07-20linuxqa.aspx
>