This could really be used as the default reply for a lot comments here that don't get why people are still a bit antsy about MS apparently doing things for the good of others besides MS. But it's probably an argument only worth having in one thread. I can't really add much to the argument, other than I think my feeling matches a lot of others in the OSS world: ever since Nadella took the helm I've been cautiously optimistic that we're not just part of a very long embrace+extend cycle that will end with a crushing extinguish, additionally as the years go by without an attempt at extinguishing but even more embracing+extending instead, with MS having lost so much of its former power and weight in the industry as a whole, I think even an extinguish attempt wouldn't be all that successful. It's not enough for me to actually use these offerings, but I'm not going to go on a rant that no one should use them or distros should avoid packaging them. (e.g. Stallman once had a Mono+Banshee rant that was probably justified at the time but it's hard to argue the position now.)