>It is also a bit strange to see it not in a form of "hey, we really care about free software, so we ported this part to use a free compiler, here's the perform

>It is also a bit strange to see it not in a form of "hey, we really care about free software, so we ported this part to use a free compiler, here's the performance comparison, here are the unit tests, here are the build instructions", but rather in asking someone else to spend considerable effort on implementing this. I seem to see this shift in ideology from People.