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Exactly, what's the catch? How does Microsoft come to own all of open-source? That's the plan, right?
by epigen 5y ago
Exactly, what's the catch?
How does Microsoft come to own all of open-source? That's the plan, right?
- sneak 5y agoVS Code becoming standard tools, alongside GitHub and NPM which they own now. This affords a tremendous amount of steering control and opportunities for lock-in. Some of the existing ones are the proprietary plugins for VSC, and GitHub Actions. I wouldn't be surprised if they end up picking up Docker for a song now that Docker has utterly failed to find a workable revenue model. (Microsoft sponsored Docker's surprisingly-complete Windows support, IIRC.) The extremely-widely-used Docker Desktop products are already nonfree, as well as the dockerd that runs on Windows.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoPresumably it's like I'm assuming Win10 is, a slow burn. Coax people slowly over time to give up other options until there's nothing else to choose, then flick the switch and fleece them harder than hardness itself. Based on past performance I just assume we're in an elaborate version of the 'fleece tourists with inordinate drinks bills' con trick. #GetOffMyLawn