The perception of MSFT in the IT Industy has been improving. Seems like it has been largely due to their open source and innovation activities.

I have recently competed against MSFT in the field. And I can assure you they are up to their old dirt bag tricks. The one I disliked the most was modifying customer contracts to inflate sales numbers of some of their products.

When I see news like this I'm not surprised.

Their moves don't seem genuine. Just some PR plan. Putting lipstick on a pig.