So does Microsoft really love Linux, or do they just saying that because they need Linux?

They need Linux sounds better.

IDC as long as apt and the other Linux tools work as promised, I'm good.

Honestly i'm not liking it one bit. It looks to me they attempt to slowly incorporate mickeysofr retardedness in a clean ecosystem and ulteriorly vendor lock you with their shit software and will blame any kind of bugs and errors as 'something of the linux side'

My biggest fear is they contribute 'so much code' that they might think they got some leverage in the community.

I simply cannot trust them, nor ever will.

@nik123 I don't think Linus wants money. Even if he did turn, the community can always get their own branch of the Linux kernel