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Microsoft and Linux Foundation Openwashing

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Microsoft unveils SQL Server release candidate for Linux [Ed: Microsoft is googlebombing "Linux" again to promote proprietary software nobody needs. It says "open and cloudy world" as if this proprietary software of Microsoft is "open" rather than affront to it.]

↺ Microsoft unveils SQL Server release candidate for Linux

↺ Microsoft is googlebombing "Linux" again to promote proprietary software nobody needs. It says "open and cloudy world" as if this proprietary software of Microsoft is "open" rather than affront to it

> Remond modernizes database management system for an open and cloudy world

Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming

↺ Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming

Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming - Linux Foundation

↺ Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming - Linux Foundation

> As gaming increasingly becomes a mobile-first experience, OPPO and Heroic Labs are joining as Premier and General members, respectively, of the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF). The two companies are working with the community to optimize the open-source Open 3D Engine project for mobile gaming.

Linux Foundation, World Bank Launch Free Quantum Computing Training Course [Ed: Absent disclosure of a conflict of interest in Spamnil's site]

↺ Linux Foundation, World Bank Launch Free Quantum Computing Training Course

Kubernetes 1.25: KMS V2 Improvements [Ed: Microsoft trying to dominate the Kubernetes blog whilst attacking Linux and Free software]

↺ Kubernetes 1.25: KMS V2 Improvements

Open source security gets a boost with new scorecard and best practices [Ed: Sean Michael Kerner should know better than to do LF puff pieces. The LF does not value true security, it's just promoting products for its sponsors.]

↺ Open source security gets a boost with new scorecard and best practices

> There is no shortage of challenges when it comes to securing open source software and no shortage of ideas for how to mitigate risks.

> It is the stated mission of the OpenSSF (Open Source Security Foundation) to help improve the state of open source security, and that is precisely what it is doing. The OpenSSF is part of the Linux Foundation and has multiple ongoing efforts across different aspects of the software development lifecycle.

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