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Yeah well, MSFT - the behemoth among evilish corporations, invests vast sums into developing a sophisticated tool with extensive features - more than their comb
by iLemming 2y ago
Yeah well, MSFT - the behemoth among evilish corporations, invests vast sums into developing a sophisticated tool with extensive features - more than their combined philanthropic initiatives - and offers it freely to just about anyone. This generosity doesn't seem questionable at all, eh?
I mean, when I use Vim and Emacs, the benefits clearly flow to users and the developer community.
Back when I paid for the IntelliJ license - I knew exactly how their revenue model worked. Yet whenever I download and use VSCode, I don't really know what's Microsoft's grand plan here, does anyone else do?
- bravetraveler 2y agoMicrosoft <3 Open Source /s
- not_a_bot_4sho 2y agoCommunity goodwill is valuable. It's what gets someone to start to think, "this is pretty good, maybe I should try that Azure thing..." Same reason Xcode is free.