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not sure if this referring to anything specifically but M$ has lots of open source stuff and also invests in Linux - just saying.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/projects/
It was their CEO's stated opinion around the turn of the millennium: https://www.theregister.com/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/
Forgot to check the community, didn’t realize they were just makin a meme
24 years ago is a long ass time ago haha
Lmao that is the dumbest take on linux ive seen and it made my day
https://www.theregister.com/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/
https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/
https://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/
That hasn’t always been true. This meme is older than Microsoft being open source friendly.
Right right, definitely memeable
Just wasn’t sure if it was a current criticism of current people and ideologies working at Microsoft