No matter the course of action Microsoft could have taken, they still would have been criticized.
Very true, but after all this is Microsoft we're talking about. They have created a pretty bad image for themselves after all these years of general nastiness. I don't think it's surprising that there is a general distrust for anything they say among those who support the GPL and FOSS. As far as I'm concerned they have made their own bed and now they get to lay in it.
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I couldn't beleive there weren't any either! I wish my puppy Cid could see that (or care)!
No matter the course of action Microsoft could have taken, they still would have been criticized.
Very true, but after all this is Microsoft we're talking about. They have created a pretty bad image for themselves after all these years of general nastiness. I don't think it's surprising that there is a general distrust for anything they say among those who support the GPL and FOSS. As far as I'm concerned they have made their own bed and now they get to lay in it.