Why is Microsoft aligning itself with so many open source initiatives?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:44:15 -0400

Ubuntu, Linux Foundation and Github are two major ones.

Response by PO2 Richard D. Kitchen, MA made Jun 7 at 2018 11:47 AM

PO2 Richard D. Kitchen, MA — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:47:02 -0400

I don’t know why they are but I think it would be a good thing. Our use their business sweet for my company and love it. They really have improved their user experience and service offerings. I won’t be giving up my Mac anytime soon for a Surface though. Apple still makes the best hardware in my opinion.

Response by LTC John Shaw made Jun 7 at 2018 6:21 PM

LTC John Shaw — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:21:06 -0400

MS needs to re-establish credibility in the open source community, no one trusts them. The Github acquisition is $8B and if they don't hose people in the first few years they will regain some mind share.
The software development world is changing quickly with cloud solutions. If MS doesn't get on the train, it will be like IBM, declining revenue and market share because no one wants to be locked in and pay outrageous licensing fees for forever.