LXer: Microsoft love affair with Linux continues as it joins The Linux Foundation

LXer · 11-16-2016, 07:03 AM

Published at LXer:

You read the title correctly. Microsoft, yes Microsoft, just joined the Linux Foundation.

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cynwulf · 11-16-2016, 08:00 AM

Broken link and can't be corroborated so looks like a tech press misfire at this stage.

Though I'm sure that if MS did join, they'd fit in very nicely with the rest...
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members

cynwulf · 11-17-2016, 09:59 AM

And now it's official: https://www.linux.com/blog/microsoft...nt-open-source

(Looks like someone was too quick off the mark yesterday)

Any bets as to how long it will be before an MS rep is on the board of directors...?

szboardstretcher · 11-17-2016, 10:07 AM

Embrace, extend, and extinguish. They aren't fooling anyone.

i hope.