Okay, I'll believe it when they open source windows. It's not like they've open sourced their core business, they're open sourcing things to make Windows more

Okay, I'll believe it when they open source windows. It's not like they've open sourced their core business, they're open sourcing things to make Windows more attractive, so that people won't leave for other environments. So this is really pandering. And Microsoft shouldn't HAVE to open source their software, though it's good that they're open sourcing some of it, and I certainly appreciate it. Why shouldn't they have to? Because software costs money to develop. And until we have some sort of legal construction or open source business model that obviates the need for closed source (at least in the limited sense of source available, rather than commonplace definition), then Microsoft is not wrong for keeping their source closed, and I'm not sure that they believe differently. Part of copyright is the right NOT to free software that you've written, just as it's my right not to run it. I'll appreciate their open source offerings, but I don't believe that they believe much of anything about "the right side of history".