Holmer said, "None of [what the company's doing] means anything as long as [it's] still patent-trolling Android. When [Microsoft stops] doing that, [it] can start [its] journey toward credibility in the open source world."

This is how i feel. I don't trust um any further than I can fling a bull elephant. That being said, the video was quite good, as was the article.

78 percent of companies now using open source solutions, and 64 percent participating in open source projects,

Including Windows.

Microsoft has historically operated on the ideology of "Embrace, extend and extinguish." and I just see this as business as usual on their part.

- Embrace: Tell everyone you love them and develop software compatible with the competing 'product' (or standard)
- Extend: Promote your newly developed software/standard's feature set and mention how the competition simply doesn't have the same features, quality, etc.
- Extinguish: Wait until your software/standard becomes dominant then snap the 'gates' shut. Leverage your standing so that competitors are locked out.

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