Comment by PaulDavisThe1st
3 months ago
There are descendants of the Unix source code, and there are descendants of the Unix design. Linux is in the latter group.
Linux is the root OS of Android, which has a lot more revenue behind it than Red Hat or Canonical.
Android is shaped by Google solely for Google's own monetary gain, just as Windows is by Microsoft. A Google branded dog collar around our necks doesn't seem much better than a Microsoft branded one.
Microsoft of course is also a major player in Linux (via Azure). As is Amazon. Their companies depend on it.
It's no longer a bazzar where random university lecturers write and run entire subsystems between classes, but it is at least multiple companies contributing.