Frankly: yes. MS has changed it's colors but the nature of the beast is still exactly the same, don't forget that the current CEO was right there when all that stuff was going down. Browser wars, SCO trial, MS tax and on and on.
And your evidence is?
> don't forget that the current CEO was right there when all that stuff was going down.
And? Just because he was there doesn’t mean he agreed with it all.
Microsoft has provided much evidence that they actually support open source, and you all are sticking your heads in the ground and ignoring it all, while also providing no evidence to show the contrary.
Microsoft still wants their phone and a phone needs apps. I bet somewhere inside MS a team is working hard on a version of Electron that comes with the OS and that does not have all these memory issues that the current version have and that behaves like a native app (multiple windows etc.). When a large % of apps are using that MS going to release a new phone.
Microsoft is, quite literally, famous for their EEE strategy. And, as a major corporation, their decisions are based on forecasted returns to shareholder value. Those two facts support the idea that Microsoft purchased GitHub as part of an EEE strategy on git. What we should be arguing about is how strongly they indicate that is what Microsoft is playing at; history has already shown that it is a definite possibility.
EEE -> Embrace Extend Exfiltrate
or maybe:
III -> Install Identify, ...Income!
(google makes billions just by identifying individuals)