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Facebook and Google contribute heavily to the Linux kernel. Much of the security work in the kernel is a direct result of them paying people to work on it. Good code should not be rejected because evil companies happened to be one of the financial backers.

To be clear, I hate both companies and avoid their proprietary offerings at almost all costs but when they happen to do something not evil, even for selfish reasons like good PR, I take it. I will also still be sure and remind everyone they are still evil every chance I get.

I hate Microsoft too but if I was in a poor country with malaria I would be thankful for the help from their founder.



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