Well, this is surprising isn't it? Microsoft are handing over the Mono Project to the Wine developers with a thank you note.
  • @Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34•8 months ago

    No corpos does something for the good of the people. It just so happen that this particular thing does.

    Behind every move, there is a price tag attached to it.

    By doing that, Microsoft is trying to get good PR.

      • @Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2•8 months ago

        Microsoft primary motivation was not to benefit the community, but to gain good PR in that case. It just so happen that this move also benefits the community as well.

        And that’s my point. Sometimes, corpos’ decisions benefit the community, but this is only a side effect, not the intended purpose.

    • @BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30•8 months ago

      You’re not wrong, but if we want companies to keep doing things for good PR, we need to reward them for it.

      They’re basically giant badly trained dogs that happen to control every aspect of our lives.