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"As much as I wouldn't have believed this 10 years ago, Microsoft does open source better than almost everyone."

This. They are treating vscode like its a core (cash cow) product. I'd say google embraced/adopted open source early on and now microsoft is playing catchup while now becoming one of the very best to do it.

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I see Microsoft's open source efforts as a means to an end.

Name one entity whose open source efforts are not a means to an end. Even OSS nuts like Stallman have their motivations (in his case, furthering his ideology).

That doesn't invalidate their contributions.

Stallman is FOSS, not OSS.

rms "is" Free Software. FLOSS if you want to be neutral. Not FOSS:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html

As opposed to all other companies that do open source for purely altruistic reasons?

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