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I genuinely believe that Microsoft is at least making an effort to not be the 'Microsoft of old'. Also, them open-sourcing a lot of their tools seems to back t
by holtalanm 7y ago
I genuinely believe that Microsoft is at least making an effort to not be the 'Microsoft of old'.
Also, them open-sourcing a lot of their tools seems to back that effort up:
VSCode
TypeScript
.NET Core
Powershell Core
Just to name a few.
- meesles 7y agoWhen you realize their objective is the commoditization of software and software development to further increase your dependence on their ecosystem (it's not just Windows anymore, it's Azure and the IDE and their other tools), it seems a lot less benevolent. No company worth their salt does anything for free, there's always a reason.
- holtalanm 7y agoThat is a given. Of course every company has the goal of making money. They really don't stand to gain much by open-sourcing their tools, though, besides developer goodwill, which is something that they sorely needed to remain competitive in today's market.