What to Think...What to Think...

(updated below)

Microsoft's massive openness pledge: APIs, protocols, data portability, community

Is this:

• Microsoft finally acknowledging the reality of the open-source revolution
• The first dying breath of a non-competitive empire
• The wolf lying in bed luring Red Riding Hood closer

Based on everything I've seen of Microsoft's behavior over the last 20 years, I'm betting on this until I actually see otherwise...



(h/t The Open Road)

Update:

The blogging world is so fast - a clarification after an hour of flogging in comments:

The dust settles on the Microsoft openness pledge: What's the reality?