The article seems to be more about how Open Source changed Microsoft than how Microsoft changed open source.
I do think Microsoft is doing many things that should be viewed as admirable around open source - they've opened up portions of the .NET framework such as ASP.NET MVC, they (as this article states) contribute back to open source projects, they support projects like Mono, and they started initiatives like the Outercurve Foundation. Most of the negative opinion about Microsoft and Open Source is really outdated. But I'd hesitate to say that Microsoft has had a signficant enough impact to say they've "changed" open source in any substantial way.
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The article seems to be more about how Open Source changed Microsoft than how Microsoft changed open source.
I do think Microsoft is doing many things that should be viewed as admirable around open source - they've opened up portions of the .NET framework such as ASP.NET MVC, they (as this article states) contribute back to open source projects, they support projects like Mono, and they started initiatives like the Outercurve Foundation. Most of the negative opinion about Microsoft and Open Source is really outdated. But I'd hesitate to say that Microsoft has had a signficant enough impact to say they've "changed" open source in any substantial way.
What kinds of negative opinions about Microsoft and Open Source are really outdated?