Reality vs explicit evil is a false dichotomy.

Microsoft doesn't just choose not to release source code; they send takedown notices to projects that redistribute Microsoft's proprietary software (e.g. Ninjutsu OS). They also put clauses in the EULA for Windows to disallow reverse engineering and certain kinds of remote access (something related to if you change who has access too frequently).

Microsoft takes extra effort to prevent people from sharing or modifying Microsoft software, in order to make more money.

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someonebaggy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, some of those parts are evil. The mere lack of releasing source code, or being frustrated people are using your product without paying, itself isn't.

	▲	JacobKfromIRC 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I agree, I think. I may have been too focused on the "false dichotomy" part and forgotten that you were talking about old Microsoft and not current Microsoft. I don't know enough about old Microsoft to say whether they were "evil" all along, so I won't comment on that part. I do agree with "don't hate the player, hate the game" in general though.