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Microsoft has changed, though. WSL2, VS Code are things I wouldn’t have expected from them 20 years ago. Azure, .NET core, and MSSQL all with first class Linux
by pdpi 5y ago
Microsoft has changed, though. WSL2, VS Code are things I wouldn’t have expected from them 20 years ago. Azure, .NET core, and MSSQL all with first class Linux support was unimaginable.
Now, they do still have a long way to go, but change like this takes time, it’ll always be a story of two steps forward one step back, and, perhaps most importantly, doesn’t happen all at once in an org the size of Microsoft. Some teams/departments are going to jump onboard this way sooner than others.
- urthor 5y agoA cynic would say they changed because Azure is now their revenue driver. Strong developer relations are now life and death when Microsoft is pitching Azure to cynical developers choosing between Digital Ocean and their competitors. Before it was Windows ecosystem lock in that brought home the bacon. Now it's convincing corporate IT to choose Azure over AWS.