Kevin RussellMastodon isnt just a life-raft, mastodon is how we win.
The next big thing is not corporate apps. Not corporate anything.
We arent running away from elon, we're replacing him.
zbeckerThis isn't completely true. A lot of #FOSS projects required corporate backing to become the titans that they are. Just look at #linux and the #linuxFoundation.
That being said, corporate backed #foss is a huge step in the right direction, and there isn't any reason to dismiss this sentiment.
@zbecker The difference between backing, and investing, the 'not owning' part, is the saving factor of Mastodon, as the scaling fleet that is the liferaft.
IBM even more bought Red Hat, and yet linux is unchanged, or supported not compromised.
IBM even more bought Red Hat, and yet linux is unchanged, or supported not compromised.
Of course, but the backing is hugely influential is the decisions and direction of the product. The fact that it isn't ownership, like you said is why I called it huge step in the right direction.
That being said, the change to #systemd is due to #redhat (pre-IBM I should add), although the init system isn't part of #linux itself, as it is just the kernel.
These corporations are hugely influential on Linux, but ultimately #LinusTorvalds always has the final say.
The change some distros adopted, many, to systemd was due to many distros adopting systemd.
IBM does and cannot say.