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I get the impression that there's a lot of disagreement amongst developers regarding Microsoft's true intentions. I see three main clusters at the moment: (1)
by DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
I get the impression that there's a lot of disagreement amongst developers regarding Microsoft's true intentions. I see three main clusters at the moment:
(1) Those who consider Microsoft to be reasonably trustworthy based on recent behavior.
(2) Those who will need Microsoft to continue its current behavior for a longer period before they're ready to trust.
(3) Those who consider Microsoft's current behavior to be at best a partial improvement over the past, or at worst a charm-offensive meant to distract from their ongoing bad behavior. E.g., Windows 10 with unavoidable snooping, and ongoing stealth patent attacks on Linux.
- anth_anm 8y agoThe second group doesn't exist, it's just people in the 3rd group lying (to themselves even).
- hyperman1 8y agoI presume cluster 1 and 3 also exist inside microsoft. A company of this size is always going to be a bit schyzophrenic. Let's hope the good guys win this one, but I personally don't see it happening unless they get hit with governemental regulation on a regular base.
- xorcist 8y ago(4) Astroturfing. Seriously. Everyone else is doing it, why shouldn't they?