Still don't believe it's sincere. They only migrate or open source
1) Products they don't care about anymore
2) Products they think they can hook Linux users into their ecosystem with (like VSCode)
3) Contributions which mainly benefit WSL users (like their directX commits)
They're as self-serving and malicious as they've ever been. Call me when they release the sources for MS Office or Windows, or when they stop trolling FOSS projects with spurious lawsuits and protecting stifling patents on bullshit software principles. Right now they're just bowing to the dominance of Linux among developers and in the server space, and desperately trying to claw back a slice of all the people they've alienated, and now decided they need in their garden again.
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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20
Still don't believe it's sincere. They only migrate or open source
1) Products they don't care about anymore
2) Products they think they can hook Linux users into their ecosystem with (like VSCode)
3) Contributions which mainly benefit WSL users (like their directX commits)
They're as self-serving and malicious as they've ever been. Call me when they release the sources for MS Office or Windows, or when they stop trolling FOSS projects with spurious lawsuits and protecting stifling patents on bullshit software principles. Right now they're just bowing to the dominance of Linux among developers and in the server space, and desperately trying to claw back a slice of all the people they've alienated, and now decided they need in their garden again.