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Except people can contribute to features/bugs for the platform that they do support?

• SllX 8y ago
  Not to be overly cynical, but this is kind of obvious: that means your contributions really only benefit Microsoft in the long run. Sure you might derive benefit, but Microsoft is the real beneficiary here, and they don’t even have any obligation to pay you.
  • TomVDB 8y ago
    "Is the current situation better for the customer than the one yesterday?" is the way I like to think about these things.
  • jodrellblank 8y ago
    Name an open source freemium project run by a for-profit company which /doesn't/ benefit the company more than the individual submitting patches?