Hell, that could be said of literally any corporation that claims to embrace open-source.

@Jo I want open source mspaint!!!!

@Jo tbf, i don't think it's that easy. like, lots and lots of their software incorporates tech or code they licensed from someone else.

heck, even the first versions of internet explorer were based on ncsa mosaic.

@Jo I wonder if they even can with WinNT source code because of deals with IBM/HP/NSA

@Jo boiling hot

@Jo

I actually asked this once to a senior engineer at MS who designed some important parts of Win10 this. He said: "Oh god no. The open source community shouldn't be burdened with applying security patches to that many machines."

Idk if I agree, but ongoing security support is one of the most expensive things, so I can see where the sentiment arises from.

@Jo Years ago, I started using OpenOffice entirely because I thought, "There's no way in hell I'm paying for Microsoft Office again. Almost nothing about it has changed!"

That was in 2010.

@Jo I'm not defending them but I guess that when they dropped the support they probably also dropped the source code in a thrash can. lmao.