Question

[Mark Ueki Mina]

"Do the Math" 
You are asking me to do Math in silly ways. And you criticize the article being old... Hokay. Want new ones? Sure.
First, take a look at the links below. Let's read!

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/openness/default.aspx
Oh wait, they have open licenses and software. You mean they aren't totally evil in every way? Huh.http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-releases-annual-linux-development-report
Wait, they actually continued to give kernal changes? Where is canonical? Not even listed? Huh.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/google-and-samsung-soar-into-list-of-top-10-linux-contributors/
Wait, they even did that last year? DASTARDLY BASTARDS. They are in your Linux. At least canonical made even to almost be listed
Dude, stop being so crazy. Microsoft has a vested interest in GNU/Linux. A huge one. You forget, that the main part of Linux, also known as, servers, Microsoft makes products for. They have so much in your system it's funny. Want to be Microsoftless? Good luck. MS has contributed to everything. 
So what negatives have MS done for open source, and don't give me that old history crap, since apparently a two year old article is too long for you. 

> Subject: Re: Question
> From: psanchez at colcan.ca
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:11:30 -0500
> 
> 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
> > 
> 
> 
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