Microsoft Can’t Kill Linux Right Now, The Linux Foundation Director Says

Microsoft proudly announced earlier this week that it is becoming a platinum member of The Linux Foundation, 15 years after its former CEO Steve Ballmer described Linux “as a cancer.”

And while this move makes sense for Microsoft, not everyone in the open-source world sees this as a beneficial step for Linux, especially because the Redmond-based technology giant has long been considered an enemy.

Opinions on Microsoft’s expansion in the open-source industry are still mixed, but as far as users who don’t agree with it are concerned, it might all come down to a broader effort of slowing down the growth of Linux and eventually killing it.

No conspiracy, he says

Although this certainly sounds like a huge conspiracy, Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, explained in an interview with