FWIW "...Canonical, creator of Ubuntu, isn't even cited once in the Linux Foundation's report as [a significant source of patches](https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=@canonical.com). This actually isn't news to those who have followed Canonical for some time..."
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2610207/open-source-software/who-writes-linux--corporations--more-than-ever.html Eric On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2018, 11:46 Eric Chadbourne <sillystr...@protonmail.com> > wrote: > >> Ubuntu doesn’t or at least didn’t contribute upstream in funds or or code. > > Regarding code, I do not believe that to be literally true. Hoarding patches > for internal use is foolish at best, and a GPL violation if distributed. > (They have been 'guilty' of not releasing all their new code - e.g. open-core > with proprietary value-adds - but everyone does that, and it's not 'upstream' > if they invented it, it's just releasing. If they invent and release > something, and Debian adopts it, then they are the upstream to Debian for > that.) > > Regarding funds, has Ubuntu ever achieved profitability? (If so how and > when?) If not so, why would anyone expect them to send Mark's money elsewhere? > >> I too have been FreeBSD curious. > > *BSD is great for servers. As a "former" Security type, I respect OpenBSD's > commitment to security out of the Box. A recent client had a mix of Centos > and *BSD servers, worked fine. I might have notes to remind me whether it was > FreeBSD or OpenBSD. > > What I'm curious about is which *BSD has good APCI support? I do want my > laptop to act like a laptop. One advantage of Commercial distros - Ubuntu and > RedHat - is they test new big brand laptops early. (OTOH I really prefer > older Lenovos now, so maybe that matters less for me now?) Or should I give > up and embrace Darwin/BSD (aka MacOSX) for the laptop? > >> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
