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Alternatively, and the way I read it, it's the smile that says, "How ironic that I, the biggest Microsoft hater that ever walked the planet, is now being accuse

Alternatively, and the way I read it, it's the smile that says, "How ironic that I, the biggest Microsoft hater that ever walked the planet, is now being accused of being biased towards Microsoft. The 'me' of 15 years ago would never have believed it."

StavrosK 10y ago
The way I read it was "It's naive to think that companies (like people) are just black and white, and that nothing good can come out of an evil company, or vice versa. The fact that I like some of its technologies doesn't necessarily mean I agree with the company's direction." Although, M$ (woo) has changed significantly over the years.
- Roboprog 10y ago
  DHH did make a good point about taking Google down a peg :-) Google has had some goofs as well as hits, and at the end of the day, they are just a marketing company that forces their employees to write in Java and C++. Eeeeooohw. (I have fewer issues with Apple, but I'm sure they will do something obnoxious soon enough - maybe even now if I had to write iOS apps)
nailer 10y ago
Exactly this, and not the parent. Linux gave me a lot - I learnt about sockets, system calls, shell, perl (I've forgotten all the perl), Python and worked for Red Hat & IBM's Linux group, and I wouldn't change that for the world or tell someone they'll "understand eventually" - I'm not that rude nor do I believe that at all. I still deploy on Linux. But I hack node all day on a Surface Book, using ConEmu/posh and it's rad.
- komali2 10y ago
  Can you go into more detail on your setup? I've got a surface pro I'm thinking about turning into a little mobile coding station but I've been using my little lubuntu netbook for so long I'm not sure where to even start.
  - nailer 10y ago
    Sure, here are my dotfiles: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/master/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste... I use ComEmu, the openssh, Pcsx, PSReadLine packages, Sublime, git, Sourcetree (might try VSStudio but have better things to do than change editor ATM), node version 6.
k__ 10y ago
Sounds more like hubris to me. Same thing I heared of a bunch of Linux users that switched to Macs, because the OS was now a Unix. "I'm getting old, I don't have time anymore to build all this stuff and configure my system. I just want something that works." And now most of them are switching back. But yes, I think MS got better since they dropped Ballmer.

StavrosK 10y ago

The way I read it was "It's naive to think that companies (like people) are just black and white, and that nothing good can come out of an evil company, or vice versa. The fact that I like some of its technologies doesn't necessarily mean I agree with the company's direction." Although, M$ (woo) has changed significantly over the years.

Roboprog 10y ago
DHH did make a good point about taking Google down a peg :-) Google has had some goofs as well as hits, and at the end of the day, they are just a marketing company that forces their employees to write in Java and C++. Eeeeooohw. (I have fewer issues with Apple, but I'm sure they will do something obnoxious soon enough - maybe even now if I had to write iOS apps)

nailer 10y ago

Exactly this, and not the parent. Linux gave me a lot - I learnt about sockets, system calls, shell, perl (I've forgotten all the perl), Python and worked for Red Hat & IBM's Linux group, and I wouldn't change that for the world or tell someone they'll "understand eventually" - I'm not that rude nor do I believe that at all. I still deploy on Linux. But I hack node all day on a Surface Book, using ConEmu/posh and it's rad.

komali2 10y ago
Can you go into more detail on your setup? I've got a surface pro I'm thinking about turning into a little mobile coding station but I've been using my little lubuntu netbook for so long I'm not sure where to even start.
- nailer 10y ago
  Sure, here are my dotfiles: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/master/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste... I use ComEmu, the openssh, Pcsx, PSReadLine packages, Sublime, git, Sourcetree (might try VSStudio but have better things to do than change editor ATM), node version 6.

k__ 10y ago

Sounds more like hubris to me. Same thing I heared of a bunch of Linux users that switched to Macs, because the OS was now a Unix. "I'm getting old, I don't have time anymore to build all this stuff and configure my system. I just want something that works." And now most of them are switching back. But yes, I think MS got better since they dropped Ballmer.