&gt; MS is doing Open Source today because it really has no choice<p>And that&#x27;s a good thing. It shows the strength of open source.<p>MS is a company. Just as Google. Companies will &quot;work towards the best interests of the movement&quot; as long as those interests converge with theirs: make money.<p>AFAIK large portions of Google&#x27;s core business are closed source. They are not in open source for love.