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I was skeptical when Microsoft bought GitHub but since then, they have fully reversed course and even made a formal apology on their historical stance on Linux.
They've even made several additions to the kernel, mostly to support WSL but still.
The rumor is that Microsoft is working on their own distribution.
I mostly agree that what they are doing now is good for FOSS, but I don't believe that they switched to the good side. Microsoft may support FOSS because they now profit from it, but you shouldn't forget that they are still spying on their customers and doing other unethical stuff. As any big company, what they want is money and you shouldn't believe that they are your friends or they want your good. (I'm not saying you think that, but many people idealize companies and forget that all they want is money)
Microsoft is a large, public corporation. They simply can't be good. Profit as the single motive of their existence ensures that.
Exactly what I mean!
You mean this one?
Maybe?
My understanding is that it's supposed to replace Windows, while providing native backwards compatibility for legacy apps.
I don't know enough about mariner to say for sure.
Do they plan to just enhance wine for that?