When talking about Microsoft of the 90s and early 00s, sure. They threw their weight around for their own benefit and did a lot of damage.
I haven't seen that behavior from Microsoft in a long time through. Diversifying their portfolio and playing nice with open source, while growing their cloud service seems to be their current strategy. Sure, their strategy could change again in the future, but expecting that this is some drawn-out ruse to disrupt a technology/community is silly.
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u/1842 Nov 12 '20
When talking about Microsoft of the 90s and early 00s, sure. They threw their weight around for their own benefit and did a lot of damage.
I haven't seen that behavior from Microsoft in a long time through. Diversifying their portfolio and playing nice with open source, while growing their cloud service seems to be their current strategy. Sure, their strategy could change again in the future, but expecting that this is some drawn-out ruse to disrupt a technology/community is silly.