I think the key here is that both things are true: 1. Microsoft has changed their hostile behavior in some segments 2. Microsoft has always been hostile in ot

I think the key here is that both things are true: 1. Microsoft has changed their hostile behavior in some segments 2. Microsoft has always been hostile in others, and that has not changed In a company as large as Microsoft, any kind of transformational change is not going to be evenly distributed. A charitable take on this is: Some parts of MS are as they have always been, but others have improved. A slightly more pessimistic take: Microsoft realized they needed to change to say relevant with the developer community, and so they focused on that community only. Moves like this certainly bolster arguments that MS never really changed, but I think it's more complex than that.