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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7699498" data-attributes="member: 5100">It really depends on exactly when he came in to Microsoft and what "camp" he was in. I've been heavily involved in the .NET community pretty much since its inception. In the late 2000s (about 2008), there was a huge shift in philosophy when a bunch of Alt.NET folks were actually hired into Microsoft. That mentality seems to have permeated the entire company, more or less. I won't touch any thoughts you may or may not have about Microsoft in the 1990s and early 2000s -- for that time period -- but I will say that if you're carrying baggage from that era, you're not dealing with an accurate picture. Having moved into a Java and OSS group a while back, I get to hear all sorts of Microsoft rants that, quite honestly, make the ranter sound like a complete idiot. It's like reading a review of "The Force Awakens" that trashes Lucas for creating wooden characters. I'm well aware that there are plenty of reasons to dislike any given company and, if you dislike Microsoft of 2016 for reasons relevant in 2016 (or not, actually), it's no skin off my nose. IME, there is significant section of folks who have built up a straw man of Microsoft that is wholly detached from reality.</blockquote>