I think the concept is that if they had added it a long time ago, is that would be good or average. Adding it very late is not worthy of praise, and lacking it for years is still worthy of condemnation. While the change may be part of a broader positive trend, it does not absolve them of the past.

Why not, though? Is it really that useful to fill every Microsoft-related topic with comments that amount to "Micro$oft lol"-level trolling?

I mean, they used to suck, we get it. They're actively trying to improve but that, too, is not enough.

  - "You used to be fat!"
  - "I'm thin now, though, through hard work. Isn't that worth something?"
  - "...but you used to be fat!"

The company has an almost 40 year history. When you’ve built up and miss trust over decades, peoples attitudes are not going to change overnight.

Personally, while I was merely describing what I perceived other people’s viewpoints to be, I don’t know why it’s so hard for Microsoft to make a normal terminal app. People have the choice of a dozen adequate terminal apps on Linux. I guess this article explains any difficulty.

As far as MS modernizing, one could look at it as, what would you think if 25 or 30 years ago, IBM said that they were turning around and we’re now a modern, agile company instead of a slow-moving relic of the previous era, and they built an awesome new console app for OS/2?