There is always a money trail

Now it is perfectly clear why the things go the way they go. Microsoft gives big $$$ to Linus. They choose to do it openly and this is the right way to do it. Underhanded dealings with paying directly into Linus's private bank account may have attracted unnecessary attention from some hackers, probably Anonymous, whereas the openly-advertised membership in Linux foundation is lauded by a whole ecstatic crowd. Google for "microsoft pays Linus" and you will find a bunch of touchy-feely articles online about them joining.

Now, to read between the lines. Microsoft gives big $$$ to Linus. Oh, I've already said it! But it is still worth repeating. This dough will serve to further Microsoft's interests by enticing the "open-source community" to do exactly that which they have been doing as of lately, namely discredit and destroy every piece of valuable software that still competes with their flagship products.

Microsoft also pays Apache. No wonder their web server is stagnating, their office is rotting into a pile of crap, and now-their Netbeans is a stinking zombie. "If you cannot defeat them, then lead them!"

This proves my long-standing axiom: no one in the Linux, open-source, or free software business is honest. All of them are sly and clever manipulators who look only to enhance their resumes or sell big. The only conclusion that I have is that there must not be free software because it leads to such corruption, stagnation, and theft. Yes, theft. Microsoft has been stealing code base from open source since time immemorial. Windows eventually became Linux in a different candy wrap. They stole a whole array of technologies from it. Now they can do it under the official seal of approval from the org. Shame!

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