

What is not half ass nothing from Microsoft. Everything they touch turns to lead and sinks.
The first company to completely open source hardware now, will own the future. China is poised to take that future. Hardware hegemony at the last node really matters. There is no longer any advantage to proprietary at that point. Transparency will crush any antiquated proprietary model with momentum.
I think it would be too valuable of a political win to pass up for the sino communist cause to be the champion of open source in the long run. I would gladly buy Chinese open source over any America proprietary junk. In the long term, that wins big. China does long term better than Americans by a long shot.