I disagree. Microsoft has had to make these community-oriented changes because they have been losing the community. It is, and has been, necessary for that bot

I disagree. Microsoft has had to make these community-oriented changes because they have been losing the community. It is, and has been, necessary for that bottom line for these changes to come about. They are finally come to realize, at a more fundamental level, that they need us more than we need them. And we need them less and less, every day. As long as OSS keeps pushing the envelope, both technically and in mind-share, Microsoft will keep their promises, expressed and implied.