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> Meta: Why all the anti-MS cynicism on the threads for this topic? Isn't it kind of old now? I feel bad when I have the "anti-MS" feeling. I truly do; I feel

> Meta: Why all the anti-MS cynicism on the threads for this topic? Isn't it kind of old now? I feel bad when I have the "anti-MS" feeling. I truly do; I feel like I'm being over-simplistic, I feel that I'm being prejudiced... Well, you get the point. However, you can't really say this is "kind of old". "Embrace, extend and extinguish" practices are recent, even considering the short "horizons" in IT. And, after the "Mobile-first, cloud-first" vision [1], you can't really blame people for finding these MS initiatives a lot like "hangin' with the cool kids" or "sounding hip". [1] http://news.microsoft.com/2014/03/27/satya-nadella-mobile-first-cloud-first-press-briefing/ http://news.microsoft.com/2014/03/27/satya-nadella-mobile-fi...

andyjohnson0 12y ago
"finding these MS initiatives a lot like "hangin' with the cool kids" or "sounding hip"." This announcement is undoubtedly partly publicity-driven. But its also about keeping Windows visible and relevant to groups who may not use PCs much. And if the RPi does become the standard IoT hardware platform, then Microsoft will want a bit of that too. And embrace, extend, extinguish makes no sense in a community-driven ecosystem. MS knows that.
- tkubacki 12y ago
  >And embrace, extend, extinguish makes no sense in a community-driven ecosystem. MS knows that So assuming EEE would "make sense in community-driven ecosystem" they still would do that. Wouldn't they ? I'm ok with Windows on Rasp2 - Linux needs competition.