> My point exactly. If the community starts to expect support from
> these corporate entities, it will suffer when they inevitably withdraw
> that support. My point was that no matter how much they talk the
> talk, these corporate entities are not part of the Linux community in
> the same sense that any given individual could be, and that the
> community should keep that in mind. By all means, we should take
> advantage of any support these corporations might provide, but we
> should be careful not to compromise 'the cause' to fulfill some
> corporate agenda.
>
Of course, thanks to the GPL, none of them can "take over" Linux or any other GPL'd
code. We trust theircontributions, and use the GPL to verify their actions. And keep
coding!
--
jeff smith
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