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.NET is fine. Visual Studio is the de-facto IDE. Microsoft's problem has always been Windows. Software made for "A PC on every desk" doesn't fit so well into
by snarfy 8y ago
.NET is fine. Visual Studio is the de-facto IDE.
Microsoft's problem has always been Windows. Software made for "A PC on every desk" doesn't fit so well into a wall of servers running the internet. They should have gave away Windows Server for free. Heck they should do it now. It should be as free as .net core.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoWhy would they give away a product that creates a substantial part of their revenue?
- snarfy 8y agoWhy install an Exchange server when I can use Office 365? Even Microsoft is cannibalizing their server offerings. Everybody is moving that stuff off prem. Windows server licensing doesn't make sense off prem.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoEverybody is moving that stuff off prem. Even if that does happen we are nowhere near it yet, there are a lot of servers out in corporate offices and will be for the foreseeable future. If this wasn't the case then Microsoft wouldn't be releasing new versions of Windows Server.
- snarfy 8y agoI agree we aren't there yet, but I could see maybe a new sku? Windows Cloud Server or something similar. Windows Nano Server supposedly fits this bill, but businesses are going to want the real deal, not the stripped down nano version.