Auteur: Arnt Karlsen Datum: Aan: dng Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Lennart now working for Microsoft
On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:18:29 +0200, Martin wrote in message
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> Peter Duffy - 11.07.22, 11:37:09 CEST:
> > It's an interesting development, and in a strange way it feels as
> > though it's been coming.
> >
> > IBM owns Redhat and M$ owns systemd (Poettering has said that he's
> > continuing to work on systemd. Presumably that's not going to be in
> > his spare time ;) ). I wonder how that's going to play out. Maybe M$
> > will make IBM an offer for Redhat.
> >
> > It seems to me that at the very least, the fact that systemd is now
> > M$- tainted is going to make a lot more people start to think about
> > dropping it. That's probably good news for Devuan, and other distros
> > that have already eschewed systemd.
>
> Thanks for providing that additional insight that Lennart Poettering
> has said he will continue to work on Systemd.
>
> And yeah, the role of Microsoft regarding free software IMHO is not a
> good one in general. No, they did not change. There are still about
> creating monopolies. Office 365 shows.
.."systemd 365, will it happen?" ;o) XoD
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