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[Tom Henderson]

I would argue that it's not that black-and-white. Yes, there have been 
lots of contributions and cultural change. Microsoft still has a huge 
franchise in Windows and all things Windows. It still must generate 
ferocious amounts of revenue, and free/open source software doesn't, in 
and of itself, generate a dime of that revenue. The wolf is still hungry.

I've observed both Microsoft and F/OSS for not quite fifty years-- both 
of them. Microsoft is complex; they arguably helped others make a lot of 
revenue and grow the entire industry, upending the fiefdoms that existed 
before they went public, long ago. I was the Enterprise Windows 
columnist for Windows Magazine. A good friend planted the seeds that 
lead to the Microsoft Developer Network. This said, I also helped form 
the Linux Business Expo that the COMDEX folks once ran.

Much of Microsoft's observable advocacy for F/OSS is for revenue 
generation, which in and of itself, is expected. Their need to keep 
developers happy is no longer the antagonism it once was. Their control 
of their press, messaging, and market control is exerted quietly yet 
effectively. "Control" is the operative word. Microsoft doesn't like 
surprises that affect their stock price.

Tom


On 10/14/19 3:12 PM, Kishore Jethanandani via Ipg-smz wrote:
> Yes, that is right. And the web technologies it is using integrate 
> with others. The old culture is gone
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> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:44 AM Ron Miller via Ipg-smz 
> <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
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>     Anyone who thinks that Microsoft hasn't evolved under Satya
>     Nadella simply isn't paying attention. Nadella had this to say at
>     Dreamforce in 2015:
>
>      “It is incumbent upon us, especially those of us who are platform
>     vendors to partner broadly to solve real pain points our customers
>     have."
>
>     (I have returned to this quote many times because I considered it
>     so profound.)
>
>     In the 1990s, the technology market was about controlling the
>     whole stack. Nadella recognizes that while he would like to
>     control the stack, and is capable of doing it, that most companies
>     don't want to deal with a single vendor. He also recognizes that
>     in order to work in a cloud-first world, you need to play nicely
>     with others. The 1990s approach simply wouldn't work in today's
>     marketplace.
>
>     I talk to startups all the time who work with the big vendors. I
>     consistently hear that Microsoft's tone and actions have shifted
>     dramatically under Nadella. Microsoft went from a company that was
>     difficult to work with to one that it is cooperative, friendly and
>     open.
>
>     The wolf in sheep's clothing idea might make sense on a certain
>     level, but the market reality belies it. If Microsoft wants to be
>     a cloud and developer focused company, it simply can't be a
>     control freak anymore and Nadella and his executive team
>     understand that.
>
>
>
>
>     On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 2:03 PM Daniel Dern via Ipg-smz
>     <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
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>         On 10/14/19 10:48 AM, Lynn Greiner via Ipg-smz wrote:
>         > Which is rather funny, given how active Microsoft is in the
>         open source
>         > community now. But I guess there always has to be a Big Bad.
>         >
>         > Funny you should use a comic book, er, "graphic novel"
>         reference.
>
>         It feels like I first heard that phraseology used in Buffy
>         (the TV
>         series), which led to it being used as an explicit term in
>         further Buffy
>         episodes, and other shows, movies, comics, etc.
>
>         (Also, explicitly, in Bill Willingham's wonderful FABLES comic
>         series,
>         with Bigby Wolf, who was, along with having a human form at
>         times, indeed
>         the original Big Bad Wolf.)
>
>         Cue B Streisand <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vseHWl15Q>
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