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Have you been paying attention to Microsoft over the past few years? They have an ugly past, but they are a different company now. I actually think this is a go
by optimuspaul 8y ago
Have you been paying attention to Microsoft over the past few years? They have an ugly past, but they are a different company now. I actually think this is a good thing for the community. I for one am sticking with GitHub.
- new_guy 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis... Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it - George Santayana Microsoft lost all goodwill a long time ago, and they'll never get it back.
- preinheimer 8y agoIf they lost it all "a long time ago" is there a new cohort of developers who just weren't around to see it happen. Most of the references on that page are from ~2002, so kids who were six then are out of college now.
- EnFinlay 8y agoIf people choose to judge them by a different time scale than you, their conclusions seem pretty justified.
- filomeno 8y agoThey are so different, that even thought they keep the same practices and goals from always, some people say they're a different company now!
- bjpbakker 8y ago> they are a different company now To name a some of their recent misbehavior: Windows 10 ads and telemetry, Skype, GPL license violation (ie still actively working against FOSS) To me MS keeps proving they are still exactly the same company they've always been. They tend to be better at hiding it from public, I have to give them that.
- dpark 8y ago> GPL license violation Context?
- actsasbuffoon 8y agoAgreed. Forced telemetry is unforgivably unethical. There absolutely must be a way to opt out.
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoIt's going to take a hell of a lot more actual honest-to-goodness support and good actions before I'm willing to trust them. I remember the browser wars, kerberos, samba, hard drive compression, their acquisitions they ground into the mud, windows 10 spyware, and more. It's the ol "Embrace Extend and Extinguish". I'll give it 5 years before I trust them. They'll likely show their usual colors soon enough.
- out_of_protocol 8y agoJust remember what's going on around Win10. Toxicity levels are all-time high. No decline in anti-customer thinking