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And you swallow it down because they do it all under the banner of 'open source.'

• danmaz74 13y ago
  It is not under the banner of 'open source'. It IS open source (just ask Amazon, for example).
  • pixie_ 13y ago
    Uhg, the point is these are all multi-billion dollar businesses that use open source in one way or another. The problem is the open source (hacker news) community pretty much auto-ignores/dislikes anything connected with Microsoft. It's juvenile.
    • danmaz74 13y ago
      It's not juvenile - as a matter of fact, I'm very wary of Microsoft's moves because I remember perfectly well just how greedy and shady Microsoft has been (especially during the nineties). In comparison, Google has been a much better citizen in the developers community. It too will succumb to the problems of gigantism and the pressure of "shareholder value" in the long run, but for now you really can't compare the credibility of Google's and Microsoft's open source programs.
      • teamonkey 13y ago
        > especially during the nineties That was 20 years ago!
        • danmaz74 13y ago
          That's exactly why I said it wasn't "juvenile" ;)
      • sampk 13y ago
        It's getting better: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-xamarin-getting-friendly-2013-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-xamarin-getting...