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FWIW I hadn't intended to suggest Microsoft was somehow 'good', just not 'particularly bad' compared to any other company. The readers of this thread are polari
by _wmd 8y ago
FWIW I hadn't intended to suggest Microsoft was somehow 'good', just not 'particularly bad' compared to any other company. The readers of this thread are polarized into two camps, neither of which match reality, and Microsoft discussions always end up like this. People have no problem with nuance and "on balance" regarding other huge companies (perhaps except Oracle), but when it comes to Redmond, the same tired old noise is regurgitated every single time.
- mulmen 8y agoMicrosoft and Oracle are both deservedly hated for the same reasons.
- ta2987 8y agoMicrosoft is to Oracle like a Scooby Doo villan is to Adolf Hitler. You should be ashamed of yourself for promoting this obvious false equivalence.
- em3rgent0rdr 8y agoIn addition, Apple, Amazon, and even Google aren't completely open source friendly. In the case of Google, pretty much all their webservices are closed source, and they make more and more components of Android become part of the closed source Google Play Framework. I realize Google is the best major corp for open source. But somewhat cynically, I view the ultimate purpose of their open tools to be for running proprietary code.
- TheAceOfHearts 8y ago> I realize Google is the best major corp for open source. It's not. I'd say Red Hat is the friendliest open source company. They truly embrace the open source ethos.