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> but for quite some time they’ve shown they support OSS and developers in general.

I would be hesitant to describe a single CEO's tenure as enough time.

How much time would be considered enough? I’m not disagreeing, just an honest question. Would it need to be 50% of the company’s life, rather than ~11%? 25%?

My semi-facetious answer to this case is "The time span of 3 Microsoft post-Ballmer CEOs." The first CEO to implement open source (Nadella), the second to continue the strategy, and the third to prove the second CEO wasn't a fluke!

The honest answer is at best I can forgive their bad behaviour. But I'll never forget it.

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