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The opening up on the dev side is not a signal that they've had a change of heart. It's just a ploy to stave off future irrelevance. With consumers using Windo
by crdoconnor 10y ago
The opening up on the dev side is not a signal that they've had a change of heart. It's just a ploy to stave off future irrelevance.
With consumers using Windows they still dominate the market. Hence no need to be Mr nice guy.
If their open sourcing strategy works and leads to any kind of market dominance I'm pretty confident that they'll revert to old tactics on the dev side just like before.
- AnonymousPlanet 10y agoThis is exactly how I see things too. I'm pretty amazed by the naivety I see around here. None of their open sourcing moves are immune to a complete 180° turn on their part, making the move effectively void. On the contrary, all their recent moves look like they are just after getting all those devs that use Linux and OSX to move to Windows.