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Comment by Alupis

Microsoft has a habit of "fake" open source. Particularly on Github.

By "fake", I mean Microsoft largely treats their Open Source codebases like they are closed-source, in-house proprietary codebases that they happen to let members of the public look at.

They'll accept a PR once in a while, but mostly it appears Issues and PR's are used as a free alternative to UserVoice.

Every decision is made behind closed doors (probably a MS Teams call actually), and you'll notice how top-heavy their staff is on these projects (half a dozen employees with "Manager" in their title on any given repo).

Beggars can't be choosers, and I'm glad they are dipping their toes into the FOSS water... but I don't really get FOSS vibes from their projects on Github.

parent Alupis 1 year ago

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