I don't trust Microsoft. But they're less evil than Apple, look at Apple is doing with its locked garden (no GPL, only one browser engine allowed, no JITing except for their Javascript engine, development only on their platform, etc., etc.).
On top of this, Microsoft is a smaller fish these days. They've lost mobile, probably forever. They're behind in search, ads, cloud, etc.
So they're, maybe not toothless, but definitely less harmful than they were in the 90's.
For EEE they need to be able to extinguish. They can't extinguish Linux or OSS now, it's basically impossible.
> I don't trust Microsoft. But they're less evil than Apple, look at Apple is doing with its locked garden (no GPL, only one browser engine allowed, no JITing except for their Javascript engine, development only on their platform, etc., etc.).
Hate to break it to you, but the Microsoft Store has the same limitations regarding browser engines as Apple's iOS App Store.
Nobody uses that and if they push it hard there's going to be major backlash, possibly even another anti-trust lawsuit.
Keep in mind they already have a conviction for anti-competitive practices. A second strike would probably be at least in the low billions, especially in the EU.
On top of this, Microsoft is a smaller fish these days. They've lost mobile, probably forever. They're behind in search, ads, cloud, etc.
So they're, maybe not toothless, but definitely less harmful than they were in the 90's.
For EEE they need to be able to extinguish. They can't extinguish Linux or OSS now, it's basically impossible.