Archived Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 (zdnet.com)
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Archived Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 (zdnet.com)
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[–] skruf 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Embrace, extend, extinguish.
[–] ratsmack ago
April 1
[–] skruf ago
Well, it was posted a few days before april 1st, so I don't know. Although, I sincerly hope it was a joke.
[–] ForgotMyName 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Choo Choo. That's me tooting my own horn. I called it. Microsoft is well on its way to using its classic embrace, extend, extinguish technique against Linux. It's never considered Linux a threat until now; when people are really and truly finding the Windows experience to be so terrible that it makes learning about an entirely new OS appealing. If you're a Linux contributor, do everything you can to keep all of that Microsoft garbage out.
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[–] koduu 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Honestly this warming up between canonical and microsoft kind of worries me for the same reasons. I hope its microsofts attempt to give itself a new face not their attempt to corrupt a decent open source OS.
[–] bobcall 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well, I don't think it would be an attempt to corrupt Ubuntu since Canonical already did that in the past with the Amazon shopping lens (but they did finally make it opt-in instead of opt-out by default). If anything, this move will be a great opportunity to get more people using free software, even though Microsoft is only doing this for their bottom line and not to benefit their users.
[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Fuckin sellouts.
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[–] bobcall 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well, it could only end as well as it did for Novell or BridgeWays (Xandros). It will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next 5 years.
[–] 4785284? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Given the TPP and the wording it has on mega-corporations using GPL and open-source software while ignoring the conditions of the licence, I don't see this ending well for anybody.
[–] JustCallMeCam 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Details details details. If I smell one whiff of bullshit, one trace of the NSA, I'll be on Arch before they can say "What difference does it make".
[–] 2face-Maze 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
"Microsoft"
there you go
[–] 8bCvYq2vpg 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Debian is better than Ubuntu and derivatives.
[–] AlwaysInService 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Is Arch that good? I might have to migrate from Ubuntu soon...
[–] 8bCvYq2vpg ago
Arch is a build-your-own distro. You need to know a lot about how Linux works and what packages you need installed in order to make your OS function. Debian will probably be much more like what you're used to. Don't take my word for it, though. Do your research.
[–] weezkitty 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And yet people wonder why I don't trust Canonical. Ubuntu is one Linux distro I can no longer recommend