Do you think MS would've open sourced GitHub Copilot even if Cursor and Windsurf hadn't eaten their lunch?

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/19/openSourceAIEditor

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i'm not sure i know what this practically means for cursor and windsurf. for MS i think it means that they are going to create a premium vscode ai-enabled offering. copilot is not good compared to the other ai editors. this is a really sharp way for MS to take control of the narrative of their product again

still mostly analog. patterns, builder, entrepreneur, analyzing your transactions since 2016

tldr: no way, they only open sourced under duress