Comment by immibis
2 days ago
Do you know who controls Python, Haskell, Lisp or C++?
The Linux kernel is corporate and has one implementation. Is it safe to use?
2 days ago
Do you know who controls Python, Haskell, Lisp or C++?
The Linux kernel is corporate and has one implementation. Is it safe to use?
Corporate? Which corporation are you thinking of?
I'm not aware of any corporation having an undue influence on Linux development.
Do you know what percentage of contributions to Linux are from corporations?
No, though I know that it's probably quite high. I don't really see an issue with corporate sponsored contributions even if they're specifically designed to benefit those corporations and their customers.
The issue as I see it is if corporations start having undue influence on the direction that Linux takes i.e. not merely affecting their own contributions, but preventing others from contributing. (c.f. Oracle sticking with ZFS CDDL licensing)
I would actually prefer more corporate sponsored contributions as I've just been battling with trying to get the Dell perccli working on Ubuntu 24.04 so that I can administer newly added disks without having to reboot and access the PERC interface during boot (somewhat difficult to do remotely). I was able to install the tool after battling through Dell's website, but it doesn't work properly and declares that two new disks are already in use, despite their status showing as UGood.