[holtalanm]

I genuinely believe that Microsoft is at least making an effort to not be the 'Microsoft of old'.

Also, them open-sourcing a lot of their tools seems to back that effort up:

VSCode

TypeScript

.NET Core

Powershell Core

Just to name a few.

[BowBun]

When you realize their objective is the commoditization of software and software development to further increase your dependence on their ecosystem (it's not just Windows anymore, it's Azure and the IDE and their other tools), it seems a lot less benevolent. No company worth their salt does anything for free, there's always a reason.

[holtalanm]

That is a given. Of course every company has the goal of making money.

They really don't stand to gain much by open-sourcing their tools, though, besides developer goodwill, which is something that they sorely needed to remain competitive in today's market.