• Ajen@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    Hardware manufactures (Intel, AMD, etc) SHOULD be contributing to Linux. How could they EEE if they aren’t directly competing? The better compatibility they have with Linux, the more server CPUs they can sell. That’s their motivation, and it’s aligned with the OSS community.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Microsoft also uses Linux. They have both Windows Subsystem for Linux, and they also use it in house I’m certain. Linux is technically competition for MS, but not really. They aren’t trying to sell Windows to the people choosing Linux. To assume malice when there’s perfectly reasonable reasons for them to be contributing is likely wrong.

      • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Also a good point, but Microsoft has a history of EEE so it’s also fair to be sceptical of them.