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by chimeracoder
4069 days ago
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> Ill be comfortable calling them cool when they've demonstrated they no longer follow Embrace Extend Extinguish but until then they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. I'm not saying that Microsoft doesn't still have this intention to some degree. It's impossible to prove a negative, especially for such a large and fragmented company. But it's inconsistent that Microsoft still receives so much hate for having practice this a decade ago, when there are companies that are literally doing it today, in the plain light of day, in very large ways, and receiving far less criticism than Microsoft does. I say all this as a Linux user typing in Iceweasel from a Debian machine that has no non-free software on it except the wifi driver. I have no love for Microsoft or proprietary software, but they still receive so much criticism that it crowds out criticism of other companies that are just as bad today (or even worse) compared to Microsoft today. |
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They receive far less criticism these days than they have historically. Microsoft hatred in the Linux community is largely considered immature and/or anachronistic, and there is a ton of praise for what Microsoft has been doing with their research division and the service pivot they've been doing as of more recent.
Which other companies are you referring to? Apple? Google? Those get tons of criticism.