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by tra3 1961 days ago
You're factually correct, but you've probably forgotten the "3 Es": "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" [0]. Microsoft is a business and is therefore about maximizing profits. I'd rather not assume anything, especially not that they are somehow friendly to the OSS movement. Lets give it a few more years before we assume that OSS is something they are gonna do long term. Otherwise, it's like "free" google products; here today, gone tomorrow.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
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ocdtrekkie 1961 days ago
EEE is from a meeting in 1996 by someone who left the company in 2000. It's really hard for anyone to claim it represents the company today or even a decade ago.
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genmud 1960 days ago
You act as though Open Source is somehow mutually exclusive with profits and a sustainable business.

> Otherwise, it's like "free" google products; here today, gone tomorrow.

Respectfully, I disagree... google products are introduced as services, not open source and they shut them down often. If an OSS project is useful and has community support, you can always fork it.

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