Re: Disgusted with kbuild developers

Pavel Machek
2002-02-19T20:25:08Z

Hi!

> . A Microsoft engineer wrote scripts/Configure. For three years, I have
> lived in fear that Microsoft would notice this fact and use it to attack
> Linux through public relations channels or legal means. They haven't yet,
> so I have been wrong so far.

What's problem with Microsoft people helping with configure? Not *all* of them
are evil. And GPL is designed to prevent legal abuse from them.
I can't imagine PR attack. "Oh, look, we helped to develop Linux and it
is not killing us"?
Pavel
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