I still do not understand the drama? As far as I can tell the story is as follows. AppGet is Open Source using Apache 2.0 license.
Microsoft wanted to work together with the creator of AppGet - It did not work out.
Microsoft releases WinGet as Open Source (MIT), AppGet creator ends his project.
Of course it would have been cooler if they would have just forked the project, or became maintainers of AppGet - but that did not work out - so they created their own. People did not get together and voila now we have two different linux variants.
Isn't this the normal lifecycle of OpenSource? Many variants of the same thing competing with eachother?
If I create my own linux variant and somebody else releases a similar linux with the same features, (but has more funding and capacity to continue maintenance) there is no point in me continuing support for my personal linux variant?
Isn't this just a variant of the core problem of open source how projects get their funding /compensation?