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Is this the first not-small web software company that Microsoft has acquired? I wonder if they're going to eventually convert all the Java and Scala to C# and
by statictype 14y ago
Is this the first not-small web software company that Microsoft has acquired?
I wonder if they're going to eventually convert all the Java and Scala to C# and F#
- trimbo 14y agoWell, there was Hotmail...
- diego 14y agoRemember Hotmail, for example?
- hkarthik 14y agoThey use a lot of Ruby too.
- rplnt 14y agoThey use a lot of everything because they are huge and they do tons of stuff.
- brudgers 14y agoSkype?
- harryh 14y agoSkype (not exactly web I suppose), Farecast, Hotmail
- mindcrime 14y agoThey had previously acquired Powerset, for one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerset_%28company%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerset_%28company%29
- samstave 14y agoPowerset had a ton of hype, then they were acquired and then they seemingly died. Never heard anything about them since.
- larrywright 14y agoI think that technology was rolled into Bing. I don't think they ever expected that it would be a standalone product offering.
- jmspring 14y agoSeems a pretty naive statement. Especially for someone who has been around HN long enough... Just this week Microsoft has updated their Azure tools with additional NodeJS support, Python and PHP support. I know many Java developers that actually thing C# is a better language. Personally, it depends on the platform and tools you want to use. I've written anything from JS to Java to C++ to C# to Erlang to PHP to Python in the last year. I don't care about such things...best tool for the particular job. But, what do I know...