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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Do people not know that Microsoft has their own Linux distro?

MS has been at Linux expos since 2004! They started working on SUSE in friggin 2006! I truly don't get the amount of bile and ignorance the Lemmy community has towards them, it's like half these folks are still on 2001-era slashdot, talking about FUD and Micro$oft.

Yeah, Microsoft has been a shit company making mediocre products its whole lifetime, but the amount of unhinged hatred here does not in any way match the present-day company's actions.

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[–] Cornelius@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

The hatred literally stems purely from Windows 10 and 11.

They are products engineered so expertly to frustrate you in such a distasteful way it's downright offensive to anyone who has used any other operating system. It's genuinely a marvel of human engineering.

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[–] HangnMoss@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

Microsoft contributes to Linux and other open source projects in many ways, including financially. The cynical among us believe it's for the same reason Google contributes to Mozilla. Legally it's harder to prove you're an evil monopoly if you financially support your competition. Microsoft's involvement in Linux only became noteworthy after their 2001 Antitrust suit.

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[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

I got radicalized by Slashdot. But I don't regret it.

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