Microsoft Open Source Skepticism
The cluster centers on sarcastic references to Microsoft's 'love' for open source, debating whether their recent friendliness is genuine or a strategic move, given their history of hostility like 'embrace, extend, extinguish'.
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Perhaps, but Microsoft "loves" open-source now, remember?
Microsoft loves open source, remember? It doesn't love you.
Is this the "new, open-source friendly" Microsoft?
It's open source under the Apache Licence. Worst case scenario, the community would fork it and take over, but I don't think doing so would be remotely in Microsoft's interests. I genuinely believe the Microsoft of today is a totally different company in its attitude to open source software than it was even 10 years ago.
Looks like this is another case of "Microsoft loves Open Source" then.
Microsoft love Open Source.User freedom, not so much.
Ugh, awful news, but a good reminder of what Microsoft's commitment to open source actually looks like; if they can't embrace, extend, and extinguish (see recent VSCode moves), they're not really interested.
Microsoft has a history of being hostile to the open-source and free-software communities. They release "shared source" code under licenses with onerous terms or encumbered with patents. In the event that an open-source project built on their technology becomes popular, Microsoft attempts to smother it (for example, see their treatment of Mono).I trust Google about as much as I trust Red Hat, Canonical, or any other company with a history of friendly interaction with the community. While I'm
I think Microsoft is becoming an open-source company!
But... But... I thought Microsoft ♥ open source?