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HN definitely has this bias and it's not a place to expect reasonable discussion of Microsoft, but if you look at the actual headline of the article instead of
by gdulli 10y ago
HN definitely has this bias and it's not a place to expect reasonable discussion of Microsoft, but if you look at the actual headline of the article instead of the submitted one the use of "weaponize" has more context and makes sense: "Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War over Classrooms"
- pjmlp 10y agoI learned to developed a hard skin when discussing such matters on online forums, but back in Portugal in the mid-90's you would hardly find anyone that didn't enjoy using Borland and Microsoft tools as a developer. The only real alternative to it was doing games and demoscene programming for the Amiga.
- int_19h 10y agoI wouldn't say HN has strong anti-MS bias, based on some of discussions that I've seen and participated in here - and I'm a Microsoft employee. In my experience, flames get to be downvoted pretty quickly, allowing for rational discussion, and providing an opportunity to to be heard, and present rebuttals and counterpoints. Then again, I also hang out on Slashdot, so my baseline may different from yours...