*>>What is the ROI for being listed here http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members>* Being listed there is a by-product of supporting something that gives them leverage on the desktop vs Microsoft. It's essentially the gravy that allows people to think of them in a positive light (at least people who care about open source software)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Klaus Hartnegg <[email protected]>wrote: > On 21.04.2014 03:17, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > >> Companies are not *built* or incentivized for good will. They are only >> incentivized for profit and the mythical "shareholder value". >> > > What is the ROI for being listed here > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members > > Maybe they should create an OpenSSL Foundation, but most of the things > that the Linux Foundation does is not sponsoring the core developers. Or > create another working group inside the Linux Foundation. They could define > rules and make decisions for what things should be part of an encryption > library, and what things do not belong there, sponsor a code cleanup and > audit, AND WRITE DOCS! > > > >
