> Google is not a friend of open-source, Linux, or anyone else. They are a parasite in sheep's clothing.
A great display of trying to abstain from any form of subtlety in your understanding of a situation.
Google, like any large organization has its bad sides. But, as I always say, Google is a many-tentacled beast. And to say none of those tentacles have been good to open source would be a lie.
For one, the Summer of Code programme has over the years put a huge amount of money into open source and helped to garner a lot of new contributors for projects.