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Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux FoundationGreg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux FoundationPosted Feb 2, 2012 16:33 UTC (Thu) by ds2horner (subscriber, #13438)Parent article: Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux Foundation
I am in agreement with the general regard for Greg and this is not intended to detract from that.
But how can one say LF is "a fully neutral environment"? And even if that were so by some definition, how can that be billed as an "always good thing" TM? As best I can tell, vested interest have always provided motivation for improvements in Linux.
The statement is a step up from the previous self assertion: "The Linux Foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting technical events".
Is this an example of neutrality creep or of some neutrality creep?
I couldn't find this question addressed in other responses (my search did come up with that quote on LF), but if this is has already been discussed here I'm interested in a link.
Thanks.
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Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux Foundation Posted Feb 2, 2012 22:01 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
remember that in large part the Linux Foundation was created to have a way to pay Linus to work on Linux full time without having him work for any distro or other company that would appear to have an agenda to push about what should happen in Linux.
LF has since hired additional folks, but the intent seems to be the same.
If these people worked for Red Hat, then statements by Red Hat Management would be viewed as having more influence on development directions than they really do.
The same thing goes the other way. Just look at all the flames directed at Sony because one of their employees decided to contribute to toybox, even though there are probably fewer than a half dozen people in Sony who even knew that that employee was doing so.
Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux Foundation Posted Feb 10, 2012 12:10 UTC (Fri) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164) [Link]
Not entirely true - they are pushing linux distro's (meego, earlier, now that new thingy) for example. Realize that it is basically a bunch of companies who figure out together what the LF should be doing. Is that good or bad? Hard to say...
Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux Foundation Posted Feb 10, 2012 16:13 UTC (Fri) by gregkh (subscriber, #8) [Link]
No, the LF is NOT pushing a distro (be it Moblin/Meego/Tizen/whatever).
That group is merely a bunch of LF member companies coming together to work
Remember, Meego is just like the "Carrier Grade Linux" project, neither
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