No, it isn&#x27;t short-sighted. On the contrary it is a matter of letting Microsoft earn their trust again at a reasonable pace after almost two decades of systematic abuse. The Halloween documents where published 1998 and it is only the last year or so since they&#x27;ve begun dipping their toes in open source waters. They&#x27;ve thoroughly earned their shame.<p>Besides, even if everyone at Microsoft has changed attitude that&#x27;s no excuse. Microsoft has had five years since the acquisition of Skype in 2011. Isn&#x27;t it, by now, time to stop blaming their predecessors and own up to the current state of affairs?