This is just the beginning of Microsoft's stratergery to trojan the open source community, and place themselves in a position where they can either profit from it, or destroy it. I see some of the posts below indicating that Microsoft might just finally and suddenly be opening their heart and wallet with goodwill for all of mankind. It's natural to wish that it were the case, but that's not what's happening. Rather, this is simply a mid-game PR move which entails the pretenses of compassion and forthrightness which run directly contrary to the actual character of the company and it's docker-clad, blackberry-holstered minions.
Microsoft's new nicey-nicey policy toward the open source community is a calculated move which is intended to undercut their competition by the only means available to them under the circumstances: disinformation. Infiltration for the purpose of sabotage is already underway.
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This is just the beginning of Microsoft's stratergery to trojan the open source community, and place themselves in a position where they can either profit from it, or destroy it. I see some of the posts below indicating that Microsoft might just finally and suddenly be opening their heart and wallet with goodwill for all of mankind. It's natural to wish that it were the case, but that's not what's happening. Rather, this is simply a mid-game PR move which entails the pretenses of compassion and forthrightness which run directly contrary to the actual character of the company and it's docker-clad, blackberry-holstered minions. Microsoft's new nicey-nicey policy toward the open source community is a calculated move which is intended to undercut their competition by the only means available to them under the circumstances: disinformation. Infiltration for the purpose of sabotage is already underway.