Follow the money

Microsoft's plan is not only to split the open source world with more incompatible licences but to get money from as many open source users as possible for using code that was written with no intention of charging for it. Divide and conquer. They want our money (not just code) whether we use Windows or not.

Google on the other hand are not dividing up the open source world nor are they attempting to charge everyone for others hard work. Sure they want to make money, they are a business. They may well be being selfish by not returning code to the open source world. But they are not interfering with people who write and use open source code. That to me is the big difference. Google just want to make use of the resources out there. Microsoft want to control and charge for it all.

It will take more than a bit of whitewash to clean up Microsoft.