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The problem is they're showing they will behave as badly as they're allowed to. Not terribly good for trust if it takes backlash for them to act the right way.

• DeathArrow 5y ago
  At least they shoved that they can undo a bad decision if the community asks for it. This reads like an apology and recognizing they've made a mistake: >We are always listening to our customers’ feedback to deliver on their needs. Thank you for making your feedback heard. We are sorry that we made so many community members upset via this change across many parameters including timing and execution. >Our desire is to create an open and vibrant ecosystem for .NET. As is true with many companies, we are learning to balance the needs of OSS community and being a corporate sponsor for .NET. Sometimes we don’t get it right. When we don’t, the best we can do is learn from our mistakes and be better moving forward. >Thank you for all of your feedback and your contributions over the years. We are committed to developing .NET in the open and look forward to continuing to work closely with the community. >Thank you! > Scott Hunter
  • skohan 5y ago
    I mean of course it reads like that - MS and similar corporations pay PR people quite a lot of money to craft messaging to frame things in the best possible way. This is not your personal friend or colleague asking forgiveness when they messed up, it's a multinational corporation acting in their own best interest, just as they did when they tried to get away with moving this feature from free to paid