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Slight digression but I find it a bit odd they've used Safari in their screenshots.

by abluecloud 11y ago

allendoerfer 11y ago
It's the new Microsoft, they do OpenSource, too, and make awesome Laptops.
skyyler 11y ago
They're selling how great Azure is, not how great Windows/Edge is. I don't find it all that strange.
jmspring 11y ago
When working with open source, sometimes it is best to use the tools appropriate to the projects you are working on or people you are working with. I work in DX/Evangelism at MSFT and a lot of work around containers, etc, at the moment is easier on *nix than it is on Windows (for me). I've got both machines as well as a Windows VM on the Mac if I need something there...
- Alupis 11y ago
  > When working with open source, sometimes it is best to use the tools appropriate to the projects you are working on or people you are working with Which would be Chrome then (since it dominates browser share), instead of Safari. Perhaps the person making the screenshots wanted to use a *nix system, but didn't want to be caught showing off the competition's product.
  - jeffwilcox 11y ago
    I wasn't trying to make a browser politics statement in the post, but am glad to be able to work in the new Microsoft that is proud of whatever platform and tool works - including employees. Personally I use Safari when I'm on battery all day (coffee shops, etc.), Chrome when I need multiple profile support, and I tend to split Chrome/Edge when in my Windows VM.
  - rcarmo 11y ago
    Recently minted Microsoft FTE here. Have Chrome and Firefox installed, do Linux stuff (Azure Cloud Solution Architect, customer-facing position). That "caught using the competition's product" thing doesn't match my experience here for the past month. At all. I do sorely miss using a Mac (first time after nearly 10 years that I don't have one at hand, and it's a drag on productivity for me when I need to talk to Linux servers or run some tools locally), but I don't think anyone would blink twice if I brought my own Mac to the office, even considering that I'm at an European subsidiary.
- krylon 11y ago
  Wow. I think I remember about ten years ago somebody got fired from Microsoft for posting a photo of a MacPro (or two) being unloaded on the Microsoft campus. (Even though Microsoft was, of course, developing Office for Mac back then, so it was kind of obvious there had to be a couple of Macs around...) My memory might be playing tricks on me here, but if it's not, things must have changed quite a bit.

Slight digression but I find it a bit odd they've used Safari in their screenshots.

allendoerfer 11y ago

It's the new Microsoft, they do OpenSource, too, and make awesome Laptops.

skyyler 11y ago

They're selling how great Azure is, not how great Windows/Edge is. I don't find it all that strange.

jmspring 11y ago

When working with open source, sometimes it is best to use the tools appropriate to the projects you are working on or people you are working with. I work in DX/Evangelism at MSFT and a lot of work around containers, etc, at the moment is easier on *nix than it is on Windows (for me). I've got both machines as well as a Windows VM on the Mac if I need something there...

Alupis 11y ago
> When working with open source, sometimes it is best to use the tools appropriate to the projects you are working on or people you are working with Which would be Chrome then (since it dominates browser share), instead of Safari. Perhaps the person making the screenshots wanted to use a *nix system, but didn't want to be caught showing off the competition's product.
- jeffwilcox 11y ago
  I wasn't trying to make a browser politics statement in the post, but am glad to be able to work in the new Microsoft that is proud of whatever platform and tool works - including employees. Personally I use Safari when I'm on battery all day (coffee shops, etc.), Chrome when I need multiple profile support, and I tend to split Chrome/Edge when in my Windows VM.
- rcarmo 11y ago
  Recently minted Microsoft FTE here. Have Chrome and Firefox installed, do Linux stuff (Azure Cloud Solution Architect, customer-facing position). That "caught using the competition's product" thing doesn't match my experience here for the past month. At all. I do sorely miss using a Mac (first time after nearly 10 years that I don't have one at hand, and it's a drag on productivity for me when I need to talk to Linux servers or run some tools locally), but I don't think anyone would blink twice if I brought my own Mac to the office, even considering that I'm at an European subsidiary.
krylon 11y ago
Wow. I think I remember about ten years ago somebody got fired from Microsoft for posting a photo of a MacPro (or two) being unloaded on the Microsoft campus. (Even though Microsoft was, of course, developing Office for Mac back then, so it was kind of obvious there had to be a couple of Macs around...) My memory might be playing tricks on me here, but if it's not, things must have changed quite a bit.