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To be fair, Microsofts citizen status is self inflicted. There was a time when they were actively hostile to programming languages not built in house. See, for
by fezfight 4y ago
To be fair, Microsofts citizen status is self inflicted. There was a time when they were actively hostile to programming languages not built in house. See, for example, Java. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu...
- pjmlp 4y agoNah, it is only for UNIX folks that see UNIX everywhere, and start complaing when an OS isn't POSIX compatible. Even on those days there were always Java alternatives to chose from, J++ wasn't required.
- fezfight 4y agoI mean, you can say 'nah' all you'd like, but there's a whole section in that link on their hostility to Java. Including choice anti-competitive gates quotes! Can't say I'd blame any language dev who saw that, and said 'no thanks'.
- pjmlp 4y agoThat did not change the fact that Java worked perfectly alright on Windows, the same cannot be said for many FOSS languages that insist all OSes are UNIX clones.
- fezfight 4y agoQuality chefs don't work for McDonald's, either. :D
- pjmlp 4y agoDepends on how quality is measured...
- bornfreddy 4y agoOff topic, but I wonder if that's true? Their research division must be pretty well funded and they sure care about taste, though the limits (cost) are pretty big. Anyone know more about this?