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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don't think the world is black or white. Of course Microsoft can make bad choices and prioritize profit, but Microsoft isn't a person or and entity. MS is an enterprise driven by people that work there.

Linux community or any other community can also make bad choices, afterall it's also people-driven and people are flawed.

I don't excuse MS for really bad choices, but also don't blame it. I just think that's better to see the world complex as it is, not by judging stuff as 'bad' or 'good'.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My good sir... if their modus operandi is rotten to the core... then you could generally say the enterprise is affected by it... (a few bad apples can spoil a bunch...)

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't compare a general community to a company. Linux community isn't a single community. It's like talking about the gaming community and putting everyone into one soup. Linux community isn't a single entity. However Microsoft is a company and is an entity. Microsoft is an organization, which is one definition of entity. With a clear leadership, goal and driven by making money.

You can say if a company is bad or good, just like you can say if Google and Facebook is good or bad. But you cannot do this with broad collection of different communites, who act independently from each other, such as the "Linux community". Each part of the Linux community has its own goals and does not even align with the other. Therefore it is not a single organization and not an entity. That's why you cannot take this as an example as a counter argument to criticize/judge Microsoft.

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You totally missed the point I was trying to say. And I'm not going to explain because of laziness.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I did not miss the point and corrected your statement not being applicable, because the comparison is totally wrong. And I explained why. You claim me being missing the point and not trying to explain, then I have to assume you have no explanation.

Linux community does not have a hierarchy that resolves to a single entity controlling the system. However Microsoft is a narrow company. And you are wrong when saying that Microsoft is not an entity.

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Assume whatever you want. I don't care

[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

While I can see the merit of your sentiment here, and would generally agree the world exists on a spectrum and not some binary scale of yes or no, black or white. Like others have said, with mottos like "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" how can one ignore the bad that Microsoft brings to the table.