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Microsoft has a long and dark history. I think you’re brushing aside the real contention. People who were around before MS decided to open-source-wash their br

by toxik 5y ago

Microsoft has a long and dark history. I think you’re brushing aside the real contention. People who were around before MS decided to open-source-wash their brand KNOW what Microsoft’s DNA is. They had a literal playbook to crush Linux.

colejohnson66 5y ago
From twenty year ago. You say it’s in their DNA, but I’ll bet that the majority of people there now were not there 20 years ago. Old habits die hard, yes, but they do die. Microsoft has committed to open source. Maybe it’s self fulfilling reasons, but that doesn’t mean we should brush it off. If some higher up decided to go open source for PR reasons, who cares? We should be embracing it. Shunning it will just make other companies think twice about open sourcing. Also, this was done by a bot. Microsoft is big enough to have their own in-house council, and I can’t imagine them being stupid enough to risk everything over a copyright lawsuit with evidence like this that the whole world can see.
- denton-scratch 5y ago
  > Microsoft has committed to open source. They may have "committed" to open source (I think "committed" may be the wrong word there), but they never stopped hating free software.
- sofixa 5y ago
  Microsoft might have committed to open source for business reasons, to an extent ( see the recent .NET debacles), but they're still the same monopolist-abusing and anti-competitive company ( see the recent Edge debacles). They're an inherently bad and evil company, and even though they seemed to be improving, they've gone back to old tactics rather quickly.
tiahura 5y ago
“ Microsoft has a long and dark history.” The KKK has a long and dark history. MS is a business that at times has had slightly sharper business practices than some of its competition.
shp0ngle 5y ago
Crushing linux is one thing. PUBLICLY changing Copyright notice in MIT software and keeping the history online is another thing.

by toxik 5y ago

colejohnson66 5y ago

From twenty year ago. You say it’s in their DNA, but I’ll bet that the majority of people there now were not there 20 years ago. Old habits die hard, yes, but they do die. Microsoft has committed to open source. Maybe it’s self fulfilling reasons, but that doesn’t mean we should brush it off. If some higher up decided to go open source for PR reasons, who cares? We should be embracing it. Shunning it will just make other companies think twice about open sourcing. Also, this was done by a bot. Microsoft is big enough to have their own in-house council, and I can’t imagine them being stupid enough to risk everything over a copyright lawsuit with evidence like this that the whole world can see.

denton-scratch 5y ago
> Microsoft has committed to open source. They may have "committed" to open source (I think "committed" may be the wrong word there), but they never stopped hating free software.
sofixa 5y ago
Microsoft might have committed to open source for business reasons, to an extent ( see the recent .NET debacles), but they're still the same monopolist-abusing and anti-competitive company ( see the recent Edge debacles). They're an inherently bad and evil company, and even though they seemed to be improving, they've gone back to old tactics rather quickly.

tiahura 5y ago

“ Microsoft has a long and dark history.” The KKK has a long and dark history. MS is a business that at times has had slightly sharper business practices than some of its competition.

shp0ngle 5y ago

Crushing linux is one thing. PUBLICLY changing Copyright notice in MIT software and keeping the history online is another thing.