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Windows always been a pain to develop for. And every Windows version redundantly includes "a new api for everything" alongside all the horrible legacy stuff. B

Windows always been a pain to develop for. And every Windows version redundantly includes "a new api for everything" alongside all the horrible legacy stuff. But Microsoft's recent efforts on Linux & macOS, i.e. VSCode, has been surprisingly good. They do a lot of things, I think Typescript is run by MS as well. So that's something that positively changed under Nadella.

tabtab 7y ago
I believe this is because MS wants to move away from being an OS provider to being a service provider. If a service runs on Linux they won't care as long as its generating revenue for them. Whether this is Nadella's push or obvious from MS's accountants is hard to say.
- maxxxxx 7y ago
  They may turn into an IBM variation long term. Profitable, stable business. Not glamorous, but good money.
  - Zanni 7y ago
    As a Microsoft shareholder, this was my favorite line from the article: "for Microsoft, 'profitable and boring' is just a longer way of saying 'profitable.'"
  - bnt 7y ago
    Don’t all companies become IBM at some point?
    - maxxxxx 7y ago
      Probably.
      - tabtab 7y ago
        So it's kind of like baldness?
jonny_eh 7y ago
TypeScript came about in 2011, while Ballmer was CEO.