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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by taf2 on Monday January 18, 2021 @08:50AM (#25821724)
How about when Steve Ballmer said something along the lines of

“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches”

Pretty sure that is hostile towards open source? Linux being one of the flagship projects of open source.

[edit] source https://www.zdnet.com/article/ex-windows-chief-heres-why-mic...

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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by Zee2 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:13AM (#25831076)
Disclaimer: Microsoft employee

In my experience, I work at a completely different company than the one that Ballmer ran. Nearly everyone I talk to speaks of the "Ballmer era" in a negative light, and confirms that Satya literally turned the entire company on its head.

Many things happen every day that would never have happened under Ballmer.

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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by Closi on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:05AM (#25821879)
It’s hostile to the GPL licence which means anything licensed under GPL can’t be used in Microsoft’s proprietary products.

I would personally say Microsoft wasn’t necessarily driven by anti open-source hate necessarily, they were just very anti-competitor. Microsoft tried to compete with their biggest competitor? Colour me shocked.

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