rbanffy is anti-Microsoft, and doesn't waste a second in making it known. It's no use trying to reason or discuss with him about this - others have tried.
Yesterday, for instance, Oracle made a huge PR splash in the MySQL space. One can't ignore it.
I say it here, it comes out there. :-)
I've been able to observe Microsoft for about 30 years and one thing you learn is that they play hard. They too are very consistent.
some companies (Microsoft among them) may be taking strategic positions
to disrupt the free and open-source software ecosystems