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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/04/15 07:04, Arun Khan wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 7:11 PM,
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<div>On 11/04/15 18:08, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Awesome !!
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<div>I have been exclusively using linux for
close to a decade, but the points mentioned by
Amarendra make complete sense.<br>
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<div>I am a linux user because it is the "right
tool" <b>for me</b>, not because MS Windows
is "bad/evil"</div>
<div>I am thinking of moving to OSX because it
is *nix under the hood, and all the "right
tools" are available for OSX as well. (cost of
hardware is holding me back, but not for long)</div>
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</span> Microsoft do contribute a fair bit to linux.<br>
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You will find their commits in all of our distros, BOSS
included.<br>
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<div>Please elaborate on their commits. Are they beyond the
Hyper-V drivers to the Linux kernel?</div>
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Your right - mainly Hyper-V support it seems, but that's more
commits than, for example, Canonical.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">./tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c: * Copyright (C)
2013, Microsoft, Inc.<br>
./drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c: * Copyright (c) 2009,
Microsoft Corporation.<br>
./drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.c: * Copyright (c) 2010, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c: * Copyright (c) 2012, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/input/serio/hyperv-keyboard.c: * Copyright (c) 2013,
Microsoft Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c: * Copyright (C) 2013, Microsoft, Inc.<br>
./drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/hv_util.c: * Copyright (c) 2010, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c: * Copyright (c) 2012, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/hv.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/channel.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/connection.c: * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft
Corporation.<br>
./Documentation/usb/linux-cdc-acm.inf:; Copyright (c) 2000
Microsoft Corporation<br>
./Documentation/usb/linux.inf:; Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corporation<br>
./include/linux/hyperv.h: * Copyright (c) 2011, Microsoft
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I am no fan of MS - I particularly dislike their approach to
licensing in India and the current aggressive targeting of the
education sector.<br>
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I just thought that their contribution was something to point out in
the context of this discussion as some people may not know about it.<br>
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Regards<br>
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Vik<br>
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