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Right, a few users don't make something mainstream. Big companies have thousands of developers - even non IT companies - that someone inside some big company us
by lispm 7y ago
Right, a few users don't make something mainstream. Big companies have thousands of developers - even non IT companies - that someone inside some big company uses a programming language doesn't make it an indicator for widespread (most people use something -> mainstream) usage.
Mainstream: large relative and absolute numbers of users.
For example the Porsche Taycan (-> Microsoft) is not a mainstream car, even though Bill Gates has one and Porsche is an incredible profitable company. https://www.economist.com/business/2019/09/12/porsche-is-small-but-highly-lucrative https://www.economist.com/business/2019/09/12/porsche-is-sma...
- yogthos 7y agowell fair enough then