Just one more reason for me to avoid Windows whenever possible, for myself and for my companies.
I grant Microsoft today is a much better corporate citizen than it was 15 years ago, and I appreciate that. But a move like this feels very much like the bad old days to me.
Every time they release a new open-source product, everyone jumps up and down saying "look, they've totally changed!"
No, unfortunately they haven't. They're just putting on a new coat of paint. They have improved, sure, but rising one or two levels when you've dug yourself down twenty isn't actually that much of an improvement.
I grant Microsoft today is a much better corporate citizen than it was 15 years ago, and I appreciate that. But a move like this feels very much like the bad old days to me.