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I have kind of gotten used to the "New Microsoft", but not really, actions like this still blow my mind.
by kuratkull 8y ago
I have kind of gotten used to the "New Microsoft", but not really, actions like this still blow my mind.
- OnlyRepliesToBS 8y agoembrace it
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoand we all know the next step.
- 2bitencryption 8y agoyes, a software company releasing a software tool for Linux must surely be their first step in the grand plan to extinguish the entire marketplace! Devious, Microsoft, very devious!
- arminiusreturns 8y agoIf an abuser continuously abuses and then one day is kind, forgive those abused for skepticism...
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoit was more a reference to OP's phrasing than anything else. I don't think Microsoft is interested in extinguishing the Linux ecosystem at this point in time. Co-opting it, yes, but not extinguishing.
- thatsaguy 8y agoThe "new microsoft" provides a baseline operating system riddled with spyware, an update system that takes over the control of your system and pushes random content to your drive and a closed-as-ever groupware suite. Nothing has really changed except some developer allure, which seems to be working. But I don't want to be tracked when I paid for their stuff. I want control over my system. And from a developer perspective, I'm still 1000% more productive on any nix based system where the tooling is (and has generally always been) years ahead. There are very few areas where I need to use windows, and it's only due to vendor lock-in. Embedded development tools and professional RE tools are stronger on windows, sadly.