I wish MS open model all the best, but I think MS started seriously pursuing those efforts after it lost a lot of power during and after the dotcom boom. In the

I wish MS open model all the best, but I think MS started seriously pursuing those efforts after it lost a lot of power during and after the dotcom boom. In the PC era, MS supported Windows developers (kind of) as they were seen contributing to Windows ecosystem and viewing others in a not to friendly way. Google for "Linux is a cancer", "GPL is a virus", etc. Power corrupts. The transition of MS to the good side roughly coincided with Google's divergence from its earlier "Do not be evil" side as it got a chance to influence people on a worldwide scale. My 2c.