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HP has become the third premier sponsor of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) and fwupd, joining Dell and Lenovo in contributing $100k+ annually to support firmware updates on Linux. (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] 31 points 5 months ago

HP? That's surprising, my impression of HP for the last decade or two is that of complete hatred of their customers.

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    The devil that backup something against it's core value... wondering what's that hide..

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    • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    This is the kind of harassment I like. Harass these huge businesses to act right and fund stuff they rely on.

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    [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    WTF, my HP laptop's brightness keys don't even work.

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    [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    100k is peanuts for these xompanies. Welcome all the help FOSS can get, but that is literally nothing to these companies. A license for atlassian is more expensive by a magnitude.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    It feels like a nice round tax number.

    It reminds me of how US companies get a tax credit of up to $200 for office bonding i.e. pizza parties. That's literally the reason they're so common... It's a tax write-off...

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