[rbanffy]

I am not "anti-Microsoft". I am just old enough. I also worry, considering recent moves (and that's not only from Microsoft), that some companies (Microsoft among them) may be taking strategic positions to disrupt the free and open-source software ecosystems that threaten their dominance of their niches.

Yesterday, for instance, Oracle made a huge PR splash in the MySQL space. One can't ignore it.

[bad_user]

     some companies (Microsoft among them) may be taking strategic positions 
     to disrupt the free and open-source software ecosystems

Nice to join the party, some "Free Software proponents" have been doing that for years, doing nothing but going around and pissing on other people's efforts.

[rbanffy]

Care to give an example?

[mfukar]

I am not "anti-Microsoft". I am just old enough.

I say it here, it comes out there. :-)

[rbanffy]

I'm also consistent. ;-)

I've been able to observe Microsoft for about 30 years and one thing you learn is that they play hard. They too are very consistent.

[face]

I'm glad that there are at least some people on HN who still understand the type of company Microsoft really is.