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I kind of feel like we are being astro-turfed by Microsoft. * Google joins .NET Foundation as Samsung brings .NET support to Tizen * Visual Studio for Mac Pre

by bluetwo 10y ago

I kind of feel like we are being astro-turfed by Microsoft. * Google joins .NET Foundation as Samsung brings .NET support to Tizen * Visual Studio for Mac Preview * Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate * Microsoft announces the next version SQL Server for Windows and Linux * Announcing .NET Core 1.1 * Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member * Visual Studio Mobile Center Preview * Announcing the Fastest ASP.NET Yet, ASP.NET Core 1.1 RTM (And before you tell me I'm wrong because I can't PROVE it, let me remind you I said I FEEL like we are being astro-turfed.)

komali2 10y ago
I thought the same thing when I hit HN this morning, good lord so many MS posts. On the other hand isn't there some sort of event today? Connect() or something? That would result in tons of announcements.
rpeden 10y ago
It's only happening because Microsoft's Connect conference started today. A lot of new and updated things were announced during the keynote, and stories about them showed up here on HN shortly afterward. Since Connect is Microsoft's developer conference, a lot of things announced there tend to end up on HN. The same things tends to happen when there's a Google and Apple conference or event. No astroturfing involved; just HN members watching the keynote and posting things they think the community will find interesting.
- dguaraglia 10y ago
  Exactly. This is what happened last year around the same time, when they announced new versions of TypeScript, and the introduction of VSCode, etc. etc. etc. Not complaining, it's great to see what Microsoft has been up to summarized in a single day or two, rather than a trickling of news that I might lose over a span of a year. It's a bit spammy, but since they moved to supporting Open Source, the announcements really check a lot of boxes for me.
- bluetwo 10y ago
  Good to know, thanks.
lordCarbonFiber 10y ago
Or you know, there was a major MS conference today which generated a lot of news. People posted said news to their preferred tech news site. Occam's razor and all that jazz.

by bluetwo 10y ago

komali2 10y ago

I thought the same thing when I hit HN this morning, good lord so many MS posts. On the other hand isn't there some sort of event today? Connect() or something? That would result in tons of announcements.

rpeden 10y ago

It's only happening because Microsoft's Connect conference started today. A lot of new and updated things were announced during the keynote, and stories about them showed up here on HN shortly afterward. Since Connect is Microsoft's developer conference, a lot of things announced there tend to end up on HN. The same things tends to happen when there's a Google and Apple conference or event. No astroturfing involved; just HN members watching the keynote and posting things they think the community will find interesting.

dguaraglia 10y ago
Exactly. This is what happened last year around the same time, when they announced new versions of TypeScript, and the introduction of VSCode, etc. etc. etc. Not complaining, it's great to see what Microsoft has been up to summarized in a single day or two, rather than a trickling of news that I might lose over a span of a year. It's a bit spammy, but since they moved to supporting Open Source, the announcements really check a lot of boxes for me.
bluetwo 10y ago
Good to know, thanks.

lordCarbonFiber 10y ago

Or you know, there was a major MS conference today which generated a lot of news. People posted said news to their preferred tech news site. Occam's razor and all that jazz.