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0 pointsausjke11y ago0 comments

absolutely, I guess only "kids" say things like that.

google and see what microsoft did initially, now it's basically doing "if I can not beat it, I'll have to join it". microsoft does what it is doing now not because it favors open source, but it really has _no_ choice, and time is running out fast.

Micrsoft has not really earned my trust, still in IRC I use "M$" for it, but I do welcome their changes, let's wait and see, that what real contribution it will do for the OSS community.

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bovermyer11y ago

I know exactly what Microsoft's history is. I remember the Halloween memo. I remember Czar Ballmer and his Machiavellian practices.

I also know that companies are not people, and as the old guard retires and/or dies off, new people and new ideas come into play. Microsoft appears to genuinely want to work with the wider tech community now, and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

To put it another way - do you still think that Germany is out to conquer the world?

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