living in a cave (corporate nature of Linux)

I just saw a comment on blfs-support@ referencing "the *corporate* 
nature of Linux now (Thanks Novell, Red Hat, Microsoft (they have a 
huge  part now), and Debian)."  

I'd appreciate if anyone would be willing to share a link or two 
where  I could read more about this. It's very concerning to me to 
contemplate that microsoft might have a significant involvement in 
Linux (and yes, I have been living in a cave).  Embrace, extend, 
extinguish?  Free bsd? Other choice?

Thanks.

R
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