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Surface, Azure, Minecraft, Github, VSCode and the whole renewed developer focus... those seem like pretty strong shifts and not just 'surfing the wave'.
by ricardobeat 7y ago
Surface, Azure, Minecraft, Github, VSCode and the whole renewed developer focus... those seem like pretty strong shifts and not just 'surfing the wave'.
- olliepop 7y agoThey are. Microsoft, especially under Ballmer, was notoriously anti-OSS (open-source). Not only did Satya make the decision to shift the company to be cloud focused, he represented a change of guard when it was critically important to make peace with the open-source community. Ballmer: Called Linux "Cancer". Literally. Satya: "We are all in on open-source"
- tootie 7y agoNot just that, but their core business is strong. Even with the rise of Apple and Google OSes, Windows and Office is still a humongous market.