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This is so awesome. Brilliant move MS! In addition to enabling Windows engineers to be significantly more productive (eventually), it will go a long way to enab
by breck 9y ago
This is so awesome. Brilliant move MS! In addition to enabling Windows engineers to be significantly more productive (eventually), it will go a long way to enabling engineers in other departments to contribute to Windows. For example, I used to work in the Azure org and once noticed a relatively simple missing feature in Windows. I filed a bug and was in contact with a PM who suggested if I wanted I could work on adding it myself. I dipped my toe in, but the onboarding costs were just too high and I quickly decided against it. With Windows on git, much more likely to have dived in.
- hyperrail 9y agoI'm not so sure moving to Git alone would have helped your case. Getting an enlistment is only a small part of contributing to Windows.
- vtbassmatt 9y agoTrue, but the move to Git is part of our larger "1ES" (One Engineering System) effort across the company. The idea is, if you know how to enlist/build/edit/submit in any team, you know how to do the same in any team.
- breck 9y agoAgreed, but probably one of the top 5 road blocks.