Microsoft is pledging our massive patent portfolio – over 60,000 patents – to Linux and open source by joining OIN this morning. If you're looking for signs that we are serious about being the world's largest open source company, look no further.https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-portfolio/ …
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It's a good thing. But you have to expect: once bitten, twice shy. And many have been bitten, repeatedly, over the years. "Trust" may be to much to ask. But, that being said, and understood (which might equally be hard for others), this does seem like an objectively Good Thing™.
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I appreciate folks concerns and want to understand them so that we can do a better job earning and maintaining that trust going forward.
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