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by sudioStudio64 4086 days ago
I actually don't hear FUD from MS about open source any more. I'm doing tests on my workstation of .net core and asp.net 5...all open source. Mark Russinovich said the other day that they are considering open sourcing Windows one day. They contribute to the Linux kernel. I can spin up a linux VM in azure with a powershell command. I don't know how much more friendly to open source they could be.

The article that was quoted and that you are talking about is an old article by Raymond Chen where he is talking about the importance and value of backwards compatibility. He's talking about the pain in the ass that large businesses face when trying to update the base image for a fleet of servers. I can tell you from personal experience that its a painful process.