Why the linux and open source communities are so defensive of Microsoft lately? (reddit.com)

Are they really? Or have MS's astroturfing campaigns successfully resulted in the perception of this being the case? I don't know, but I do know that the original anti-MS stance wasn't so much about MS specifically, but was targetted against any monopolistic behaviour. So it would make sense that today it's FAAG who gets the flak.

I think because young developers believe Microsoft has changed.

Their bullshit radar seems to be broken.