> It seems to me that if people are going to make a huge fuss about a > company's documentation not being open enough or not available or what > have you, and then following the fuss, they make their documentation > available, they should at a minimum be considered "somewhat friendly".
I think you are right. If someone commits a crime, and then promises to never do it again, we should forgive them. I will ask this honestly: Why should we bleed our little hearts over a company who acted like assholes towards us for years, and only changed their policy due to public pressure? To make ourselves feel better? I think it is pointless. They still did not apologize.