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Re:Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed ... by userbinator on Sunday May 31, 2026 @12:29AM (#48343036)
They're open-sourcing things either because they get no value from them anymore, or just want more unpaid "community" labour.
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Re:Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed ... by emodendroket on Sunday May 31, 2026 @01:05AM (#48343190)
OK well that's the whole "open source" model. It's not some Microsoft perversion of it. The reason they moved from "free software" to "open source" was specifically rejecting the ideological stuff that would prevent business exploitation
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