Do you work for MS you dishonest cunt?
1. Microsoft would open source its Java competitor under better terms than Java...
Ever heard of MS Visual Java? Failure and a proprietary piece of shit, that was never feature complete BTW. Also when anyone wanted to use C# across platforms they would use Mono.... so to remain competitive they were kind of forced to.
2. Would fully adopt (as much as anyone other than Mozilla is) open web standards from the browser to all corporate products...
Surely their dismal browser marketshare and widespread adoption of Firefox then Chrome had absolutely nothing to do with their change of heart.
3. Add a Linux compatibility layer...
Linux dominates the server space, it is a superior development environment and MS's terminal is dog shit... ohh and powershell sucks ass too.
4. Port Office to a platform like Android...
Windows phone is a failure and no one wants it... if they want office on phones they need Android and iOS ports.
5. Be the 5th largest contributor to the Linux kernel...
Because they use Linux internally....
6. Enthusiastically sell cloud services based on Linux...
See point 3... linux dominates the server space... you do realize they want to make money right?
7. Microsoft would offer more innovative desktops than Apple...
Plain fucking lie... Cortana copy of Siri, Windows Search copy of Spotlight, multiple desktops - LINUX FTW (linux was miles ahead on this one), multi-touch gestures on the desktop... copying apple. the only thing MS innovated was tiles and that's a pile of shit
8. Microsoft would compete for OEM licenses on price and merits, not contractual extortion...
Riiiiiiiiiight.... MacOS is only on apple computers and Linux is free.... who are they competing with you fucking idiot?
It's clear that you are a either a MS fanboy or part of the borg. So fuck you and you your bullshit.