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I'm guessing that the millions of tech people who make their living off of Microsoft's back would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a b

I'm guessing that the millions of tech people who make their living off of Microsoft's back would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea.

mindcrime 11y ago
would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea But nobody said "building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea". What is being said is that "building on anybody's platform involves risk, whether it's twitter, microsoft, facebook, google, IBM or $WHOEVER". The point of this post was to highlight an example of the discussion around this topic and to emphasize that it isn't a novel thing.
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  Actually, "nobody said those words in the article or anywhere in the comments". So, if your purpose was indeed to highlight that, you obviously failed since nobody here seems to be discussing that. Here are some articles that say what you allegedly wanted to - https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20someone%20else%27s%20platforms https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20some...
  - mindcrime 11y ago
    Dude, just drop it OK? I'm not sure what kind of fight you're trying to start here, or why, but I really don't give a fuck.
    - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
      Drop what? Relevant facts and observations? You can just fuck right off with your weasely bullshit reasons and appeals to maturity. And if you actually didn't give a shit, you wouldn't have replied but here I think now we see the real you getting upset that someone called you out on your bullshit reasons for posting this.
      - dang 11y ago
        We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the HN guidelines.
        WorldWideWayne 11y ago
        Which account? mindcrime and WorldWideWayne both seem to be alive at this time. Oh maybe you just meant banned from submitting stories. That makes sense. Thanks!
        dang 11y ago
        (Didn't see this earlier.) No, I'm sorry to say that what I meant is that we banned your account because https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439668 was completely unacceptable, you've done this before, and you've ignored our requests to stop. If you want us to unban your account, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com. We're happy to unban people if (but only if) they give us reason to believe they'll follow the rules in the future.
Shorel 11y ago
Then I would say that building software that runs exclusively on MS is a bad idea. That's the reason I don't use .NET and I have never poked inside a metro app. And it is a reason for the explosion of the Appstores for mobile and webapps in general, startups want to bet on something that's not MS. I guess not a single one of the YC companies writes exclusively windows software. Multiplatform software for the win.

I'm guessing that the millions of tech people who make their living off of Microsoft's back would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea.

mindcrime 11y ago

would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea But nobody said "building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea". What is being said is that "building on anybody's platform involves risk, whether it's twitter, microsoft, facebook, google, IBM or $WHOEVER". The point of this post was to highlight an example of the discussion around this topic and to emphasize that it isn't a novel thing.

WorldWideWayne 11y ago
Actually, "nobody said those words in the article or anywhere in the comments". So, if your purpose was indeed to highlight that, you obviously failed since nobody here seems to be discussing that. Here are some articles that say what you allegedly wanted to - https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20someone%20else%27s%20platforms https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20some...
- mindcrime 11y ago
  Dude, just drop it OK? I'm not sure what kind of fight you're trying to start here, or why, but I really don't give a fuck.
  - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
    Drop what? Relevant facts and observations? You can just fuck right off with your weasely bullshit reasons and appeals to maturity. And if you actually didn't give a shit, you wouldn't have replied but here I think now we see the real you getting upset that someone called you out on your bullshit reasons for posting this.
    - dang 11y ago
      We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the HN guidelines.
      - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
        Which account? mindcrime and WorldWideWayne both seem to be alive at this time. Oh maybe you just meant banned from submitting stories. That makes sense. Thanks!
        dang 11y ago
        (Didn't see this earlier.) No, I'm sorry to say that what I meant is that we banned your account because https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439668 was completely unacceptable, you've done this before, and you've ignored our requests to stop. If you want us to unban your account, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com. We're happy to unban people if (but only if) they give us reason to believe they'll follow the rules in the future.

Shorel 11y ago

Then I would say that building software that runs exclusively on MS is a bad idea. That's the reason I don't use .NET and I have never poked inside a metro app. And it is a reason for the explosion of the Appstores for mobile and webapps in general, startups want to bet on something that's not MS. I guess not a single one of the YC companies writes exclusively windows software. Multiplatform software for the win.