Intel Ramps Up Linux Investment By Acquiring Linutronix

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Ramps Up Linux Investment By Acquiring Linutronix

Intel has a very exciting acquisition to announce this morning - not another hardware company, but they have acquired Linutronix to ramp up their investment in Linux/open-source engineering...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Acquires-Linutronix

[Redfoxmoon]

The CPU devil consumes yet another innocent corporation. RIP.

[schmidtbag]

The CPU devil consumes yet another innocent corporation. RIP.

Did you not read the article? Seems to me Intel saved them.

[onlyLinuxLuvUBack]

It'll probably feel like working in a puppet satellite office, not the same working benefits as the silicon valley HQ skyscraper with huge lunch room and 30 microwaves, or the lunch chess clubs (or other clubs).

[CtrlAltShift]

Did you not read the article? Seems to me Intel saved them.

Fanboys don't read articles. They're jumping in when seeing trigger words.

[Ironmask]

Replacing Minix with Linux for the Intel Management Engine?

[geearf]

How long until these acqui-hires leave to get acqui-hired again?

[Charlie68]

I'm not an Intel fan, but better Intel than other companies that don't contribute to Linux in any way, Intel has always released their own drivers with no license restrictions.
For me, any company that is committed to Linux is welcome and thank you.