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> Microsoft have really turned it around with developers, embraced open source, built great developer tools. I'm still taking these changes with a grain of sal

> Microsoft have really turned it around with developers, embraced open source, built great developer tools. I'm still taking these changes with a grain of salt. If devs are still getting the same treatment in say, 5 or 10 years, I'll believe that Microsoft has changed. But to me the whole thing smells of "Use our open-source programs that just so happen to work really well with our paid-for closed-source software! Why not just switch to Windows and grab our Office 365 subscription while you're at it?"

mercer 6y ago
That might well be true, but right now it's great for many of us. If in a decade VSCode becomes a subscription-only thing, or it requires usage of sharepoint, or something similarly horrible, it'll still have been a wonderful editor to me at this moment in time. But yeah, considering Microsoft's history it's probably good to stay vigilant.