Can we trust Microsoft with open source?

Re:Can we trust Microsoft with open source? by heavyset_go on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:51PM (#28972704)

Ask yourself this: would a public-facing ice cream shop run by Google, Microsoft or Facebook be content with just simply selling you ice cream?

Microsoft sells Windows, but they are not content with just simply selling you an OS. There's plenty of privacy violating data collection and ads in the OS.

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Re:Can we trust Microsoft with open source? by akerl_ on Saturday October 23, 2021 @08:51PM (#28973854)

This isn’t really a counterpoint to what I’m saying.

Windows 10 has tons of stuff that I don’t like. But the advancements in WSL and open source are a good thing.

By all means, apply pressure to Microsoft for things that they do wrong, and for bad decisions they make. But when they’re doing a good thing, maybe the default stance shouldn’t be to speculate about ill intent. Sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy the good thing.

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Re:Can we trust Microsoft with open source? by skohan on Saturday October 23, 2021 @08:04PM (#28973615)

More importantly, if they are giving away free ice cream, what do you think they expect to gain in return?

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Re:Can we trust Microsoft with open source? by akerl_ on Saturday October 23, 2021 @08:47PM (#28973835)

Enterprise users whose employers pay money for support and management tooling.

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