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It seems that most of their acquisitions end up getting buried (they're just to eliminate competition for themselves or for one of their advertisers). I wonder if that's the case with this one?

"Alphabet-owned Intrinsic has acquired several divisions within Open Robotics, the company behind the widely used robotics software packages Gazebo and Robotic Operating System (ROS)"

techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/alph

Kernel Contribution Maturity Model: "developers need to (be) allowed and encouraged to take on Upstream Contributions such as reviewing other people’s patches, refactoring kernel infrastructure, and writing documentation"

lwn.net/ml/linux-doc/202212141

Olimex AgonLight2: "customized version of the Agon Light 8-bit open-source hardware computer based on the Z80 family and running BBC Basic"

cnx-software.com/2022/12/15/ol

"The Open Mainframe Project's Working Group is seeking to discover just how much the venerable programming language is still being used in the industry, and it would like your help"

theregister.com/2022/12/14/cob

@lupyuen
With this requirements many developers and projects will consider moving elsewhere

" will require all users who contribute code on GitHub[.]com to enable one or more forms of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023"

github.blog/2022-12-14-raising

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