I think it's the same for any global enterprise: profit.
In that regard, "trusting" something like MS is like evaluating their stock: what do they make money off, what is a threat to that. Which makes it rather easy to "trust" them: if they can make money off SomeOpenSourceProject they'll help it along, if it doesn't help, nor threat, they'll ignore it. If it's a threat, they'll put (some) money towards fighting it.
For me the difficult part, and why I still don't fully trust MS, even with Github or VScode lies in their internal competition: MS has projects that directly compete eachother. Business-wise it makes no sense to me (and is the primary reason I'll stay away from investing in MSFT). But also their internal competion between profit now and delayed profit. MS has often done things (or not done things) that increase the bottom line this quarter, but harm them over years. In that regard too, MS makes no sense to me Business-wise.
I guess having a cash-cow-"monopoly" for decades kinda absolves them of the responsibility to run the entire company in a way that makes sense business-wise.
I think it's the same for any global enterprise: profit.
In that regard, "trusting" something like MS is like evaluating their stock: what do they make money off, what is a threat to that. Which makes it rather easy to "trust" them: if they can make money off SomeOpenSourceProject they'll help it along, if it doesn't help, nor threat, they'll ignore it. If it's a threat, they'll put (some) money towards fighting it.
For me the difficult part, and why I still don't fully trust MS, even with Github or VScode lies in their internal competition: MS has projects that directly compete eachother. Business-wise it makes no sense to me (and is the primary reason I'll stay away from investing in MSFT). But also their internal competion between profit now and delayed profit. MS has often done things (or not done things) that increase the bottom line this quarter, but harm them over years. In that regard too, MS makes no sense to me Business-wise. I guess having a cash-cow-"monopoly" for decades kinda absolves them of the responsibility to run the entire company in a way that makes sense business-wise.