There are many people in the open source community who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place. That is a much bigger contribution than giving some amount of money that doesn't even affect his lifestyle.
1. A lot of the Internet and a lot of other services depend on OpenSSH for security. This includes Microsoft. 2. OpenBSD the developer of OpenSSH is short of funds to pay developers to work on OpenSSH. 3. Microsoft gives a big "to OpenBSD community but small to Microsoft" pile of cash to OpenBSD. Result OpenBSD can pay the developers to work on OpenSSH, Microsoft gets a better OpenSSH, everyone else gets a better OpenSSH, and Microsoft gets good PR. This is great outcome and I see no need to quibble about who did more. It is in fact a win win for everyone.
Why do I get the funny feeling that (Score:1, Insightful)
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Probably because you haven't yet realized that the Halloween Emails were 17 years ago.
Maybe it's time to move on.
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Yah. And ever since then they've been a model of ethics and righteous behavior.
Uh huh.
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Show me someone from the open source community who has helped and donated more towards charities than Bill Gates. Uh huh, that's what I thought.
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Wow talk about self righteousness.
Here it is in a nutshell.
1. A lot of the Internet and a lot of other services depend on OpenSSH for security. This includes Microsoft.
2. OpenBSD the developer of OpenSSH is short of funds to pay developers to work on OpenSSH.
3. Microsoft gives a big "to OpenBSD community but small to Microsoft" pile of cash to OpenBSD.
Result
OpenBSD can pay the developers to work on OpenSSH, Microsoft gets a better OpenSSH, everyone else gets a better OpenSSH, and Microsoft gets good PR.
This is great outcome and I see no need to quibble about who did more.
It is in fact a win win for everyone.