A regular reader, SubSonica, has brought to our attention and grouped together a variety of new stories and speculations that are actively being censored. He shares his understanding of the following Phoronix article, which was published only a few days ago, then adding: “this is the expected effect over Linux of every alleged ‘open’ move by Microsoft.”
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Not News about Free Software
This article is news about proprietary software and the speculative but real power that some software proprietors (in this case Microsoft) may or may not have over other proprietors (Epic). It doesn't do a lot to advocate against depending upon proprietary software or encourage investment into free software. The best it does is to beware the user of "Intellectual Monopolies" its link to this specific instance.