Ex-Microsoft vet: 99% of 'don't touch open-source AI' voices just want pricing leverage, like 2001 Linux
aronchick · x · 2026-09-13
aronchick, who says he was on the Microsoft side during the 2001 Linux standoff, argues that 99% of people saying "don't touch open-source AI" don't actually care about open-source or open weights — they want pricing power to tell Anthropic/OpenAI/Google "cut prices 20% or I switch to open models." He calls it a straight replay of IBM's Linux playbook against Microsoft, which he considers fine, just not ideology.
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