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Some of the unthinking, reflex accusations of conspiracy by Microsoft that I'm reading here are saddening and a bit disturbing. Somebody decided to add some al
by andyjohnson0 10y ago
Some of the unthinking, reflex accusations of conspiracy by Microsoft that I'm reading here are saddening and a bit disturbing.
Somebody decided to add some aliases for convenience. It turns out to have unforeseen consequences. It'll get fixed using a formal process intended to ensure that more unforeseen consequences don't follow from a breaking change.
This sort of thing happens all the time in this industry. Its not a conspiracy.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAnd this sort of stuff is definitely going to come up as Microsoft open sources things. I half think Microsoft would open source Windows today if they weren't terrified to show some of the stuff that undoubtedly lies beneath the covers.
- dTal 10y agoEmbarrasment would be the least of their troubles if they did that; for a start, Windows would instantly be community forked, and the fork would be instantly superior by virtue of having all the annoying stuff removed.
- traverseda 10y agoIf you're referring to my post, I don't think "conspiracy" is the right word. The "extend" part of "embrace, extend, extinguish" is just due to them having a somewhat insular culture that doesn't make use of upstream. You can be an entirely good person and do "embrace, extend". You're probably not the one making the decisions to extinguish.
- andyjohnson0 10y agoI only see one post by you on this topic, and thats the one I'm replying to. So no, I wasn't referring to you.
- yarrel 10y agoIt's not a conspiracy, no. It is harm from a historically bad actor. So it's not accepted with enthusiastic gratitude. And there's no reason why it should be.