[finid]

> No matter that US v MS was 15 years ago when he was 10.

US v MS is an ongoing thing. It's never been over... So MS is releasing OSS stuff, but making it hard to run Linux alongside their OS on the same hardware. It's like a guy giving you a hug while stabbing you in the back.

[firethief]

It's not really like a guy at all. MS is a large organization, and can't be expected to act like its decisions are as simple as one person's.

[freshhawk]

Ah, so if a large corporation stabs me in the back for completely understandable reasons that are hard to avoid in the real world ... I'm still stabbed in the back.

I don't think the venom here is justified at all, but I also don't think it would be justified if it was one malicious person who did it.

But the problem and the poor decision needs a ruthless critique, the reasons it ended up this way are a side problem that most people shouldn't care about.

[finid]

Decisions like the one I'm referring to are made at the very top level, so the "MS is a large organization, and can't be expected to act like its decisions are as simple as one person's" line does not hold water.

[notbuyingit448]

Not really buying this argument.

This isn't some obscure situation tucked into the back corners of some IRC chat. Open sourcing and reaching out to the community is, apparently, the companies direction going forward.

As such, they could/should prioritize these situations as a way of showing real commitment.

Dragging their heels is going to make it feel like nothing but marketing bullshit.

It might also signal to MS rank and file to cut their territorial bullshit (which MS has a storied history of).

Satya could get this fixed today if he said "This is the future. Get it done."

[aanm]

> Satya could get this fixed today if he said "This is the future. Get it done."

Or, as Bezos would say, "?"

I think the takeaway from this is they should fix things like this before they decide to open source.