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> If they start walling off features like TypeScript 7.0 from forks, the open source pushback will be fierce—and that could backfire hard. Do they have the man
by matheusmoreira 2y ago
> If they start walling off features like TypeScript 7.0 from forks, the open source pushback will be fierce—and that could backfire hard.
Do they have the man power to compete with Microsoft?
Linux managed to do it but Linux is the biggest, most successful free software project there is. Firefox and its forks are a better example. If Mozilla stopped working on Firefox, the forks would be pretty much dead in the water: they simply do not have the man power necessary to maintain a modern browser.
- cwkoss 2y agoDoes microsoft have the wisdom to predict where this line of technology is headed, and/or the agility to course correct when their predictions don't quite hit the mark? Cursor blows copilot out of the water in my experience. Man power clearly isn't the most decisive factor in this battle.
- rockwotj 2y agoCopilot is limited to 64k context window. Even if the underlying model is gemini with 20x that. It’s gotta be a major reason copilot is so bad in comparison. They are all the same sets of models under the hood
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- mathgeek 2y ago> Do they have the man power to compete with Microsoft? There are a fair number of examples where smaller companies and/or open source beat Microsoft's entrenched products. Usually a key indicator is that MS's products stagnate (which doesn't yet appear to be happening currently).
- horns4lyfe 2y agoMicrosoft’s army of cheap offshored labor isn’t going to be useful for something like that. And they already have copilot, which is miles behind cursor, where was the manpower on that?