These days Microsoft are a major contributor to the Linux kernel, though. Sure, they’re trying to hold onto the desktop but on the server they’ve pretty much switched camps.
Comment on If Nintendo went belly up today the retro community would have a field day
parpol@programming.dev 4 months agoIf Microsoft went belly up today, the retro community and linux community would have a field day.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 4 months ago
zbyte64@awful.systems 4 months ago
Oracle or someone worse would buy them. That’s how capitalism works.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 months ago
If Oracle went belly up the world would unite in peace and harmony.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
99% of the world has no idea who that is.
Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 months ago
What are you talking about? Java runs on millions of devices!
Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 months ago
Really goes a long way to show how impactful their ceaseistance will be, eh?