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> A couple of years ago Microsoft was anti-open-source. Both quotes are from 2001. So rather than a "couple of years ago", it was seventeen years ago. Toddle
by dismantlethesun 8y ago
> A couple of years ago Microsoft was anti-open-source.
Both quotes are from 2001.
So rather than a "couple of years ago", it was seventeen years ago.
Toddlers walking the earth at that time, are now college graduates and developers working at Microsoft. Let's not think its the exact same group of people who said both statements, even if the company name is unchanged.
- therein 8y ago> Toddlers walking the earth at that time, are now college graduates and developers working at Microsoft This is extremely true and people need to understand how important this point exactly is. I think we all agree that Microsoft will continue to exist even 50-60 years from now with the same exact name. They will have generations of programmers passed through their corporate structure with varying goals and opinions. Tu quoque stops making sense at such timescales.