Kamfanin Microsoft ya dade yana sauya tunaninsa, kodayake wasu suna cewa abin da kuke so shi ne lalata Linux daga ciki. Amma gaskiyar ita ce sun riga sun saki wasu samfuran Linux da kuma nasu Linux distro kamar yadda muka sani. A zahiri, muna ganin yadda suka haɗa tsarin Linux a cikin Windows 10 ɗin su, da kuma a cikin gajimaren Azure, ba tare da ƙididdigar gudummawar tattalin arziki da ci gaban da suka bayar ga Gidauniyar Linux da kwaya ita kanta ba. Sun kuma buɗe wasu shirye-shiryen su, sun sayi tsarin buɗe tushen GitHub, da dai sauransu.
Ba batun kauna ko tausayi bane, amma game da sauƙin rayuwar Microsoft kanta. Amma yanzu ya wuce mataki daya gaba. Mun riga mun san cewa Microsoft ya kasance tara kuɗi mai yawa don takaddama don amfani da, alal misali, Fat tsakanin sauran fasahohin da Redmond ya inganta. Har ila yau ana cewa sun sami ƙarin kuɗi da yawa ta hanyar cajin haƙƙin mallaka zuwa na'urorin Android fiye da Windows Mobile da suka gaza.
Bayan shiga Open Source Initiative da Linux Foundation, yanzu Microsoft ya shiga cikin OIN (Open Invention Network) tare da fiye da 60.000 patents kuma da nufin taimakawa wajen kare tsarin Linux. Haka ne, goge idanunku idan kuna so, amma gaskiyar magana ce, ba wasa bane na 1 ga Afrilu da mafarki. Wani facet na kamfanin da Bill Gates ya kafa wanda bamu sani ba kuma wannan yana da alama yana tafiya zuwa madaidaiciyar hanya.
Da alama ban da kuɗi, Microsoft na yin ainihin sadaukarwa ga al'umma. Ga wadanda basu san OIN ba, ajiya ne na Abubuwan kare kariya da aka raba tare da manufar kare Linux. Wato, don amfani da waɗannan haƙƙin mallaka don hana cin zarafi da kare membobinta waɗanda suka haɗa da manyan kamfanoni da ayyuka kamar Google, Python, OpenStack, da ƙungiyoyi sama da 2600 a duniya.
Erich andersen, Mataimakin shugaban kamfanin Microsoft ya ce: «Mataki na gaba mai ma'ana ga kamfani wanda ke sauraron abokan ciniki da masu haɓaka kuma yana da tabbaci ga Linux da sauran shirye-shiryen buɗe tushen wannan. Mun kawowa OIN wata fa'ida mai fa'ida da zurfin aiki sama da 60.000 patents. Muna fatan cewa shawarar da muka yanke na shiga za ta jawo hankalin sauran kamfanoni da yawa zuwa OIN, hakan zai sa cibiyar bayar da lasisin ta zama mai ƙarfi don fa'idantar da al'umar buɗe tushen.«