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I use Linux.

@feditips @osc@econtwitter.net @ThePlant Good! The fewer Windows/macOS users, the better.

@erin @feditips @thomholwerda @osc @ThePlant I remember when Microsoft lost the court battle for Internet Explorer and being a monopoly. It’s not hard to imagine that they do this because it’s good footing for them to not look like a monopoly. “See? We help the open source movement stay just competitive enough!”

At least that comes with no strings attached thanks to the license. I think that’s the critical part.

@shanie @feditips @thomholwerda @osc @ThePlant nope, the only reason for this is because of Azure. Because of this, Microsoft is a HUGE GNU/Linux user and when they find bugs, they need for them that they are fixed rapidly so they contribute for that. Recently they even developed their own GNU/Linux Distribution respecting the GPL Licensing.

@erin @feditips @thomholwerda @osc @ThePlant I disagree, you can have multiple reasons for doing what you do. Regardless, both reasons are for them, it’s not altruistic.

@thomholwerda “you’re already injured, why do you care if another person stabs you too?”

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