I was reading [this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27687450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27687450) yesterday, and somebody said something to the

I was reading [this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27687450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27687450) yesterday, and somebody said something to the effect that we should trust Microsoft, because they've turned around on OpenSource. That we should judge them by their "years now" actions, instead of the past. I tried to formulate a response to this which explained why we couldn't trust them, and it was all a slow-burn ruse, but gave up. This article explains my feelings well though, especially this part: > Visual Studio Code is a ramp to move the developer tooling ecosystem towards an end-to-end consumable services model of software development tools, and GitHub Codespaces is a white label of an existing service called Visual Studio Online aka Microsoft Dev Box aka Microsoft Azure DevTest Labs That perfectly explains what I've been feeling is coming. Yes, they're playing "nice" now, but it's only so they're allowed through the door. The old model of "embrace, extend, extinguish" has run dry, so now it's "embrace, extend, subscribe".