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Boycott Microsoft. Don't work there, don't use their products.

by sitkack 1y ago

90s_dev 1y ago
Why?
- megous 1y ago
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  - robocat 1y ago
    > happily Anthropomorphising a corporation is fanciful. A manipulative writing technique given that it appears you're hallucinating an emotional state that you have no way to know! > have taken on a state in court You are suggesting Microsoft should get involved politically? That would also condone that they should get involved in subjects you wouldn't support. Trying to fix symptoms is a losing battle: the cause needs fixing.
    - megous 1y ago
      MS is a group of people, led by people and people have emotions. Corporation is a legal abstraction/concept through which states views MS, for legal purposes and whatever. I don't have to, I can view it for what it is. An organized group of people doing stuff for both money and other reasons. Saying "MS does something" is a shortcut for "decision makers at MS doing something". I'm not suggesting anything other than that MS are boycot-worthy for their past decisions and actions, incl. recent ones. I'm not interested in "fixing" MS, it's much easier just to try to avoid it and its products. Yes, I don't know for sure whether this particular decision was done happily by someone in MS. It doesn't matter much, either in the end.
- computerthings 1y ago
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smt88 1y ago
How does using their Python tools help Microsoft?
- hilsdev 1y ago
  Embrace, extend, destroy
  - loloquwowndueo 1y ago
    Extinguish! Mind the alliteration! :)
    - hilsdev 1y ago
      My apologies! That makes it that much better
- akkad33 1y ago
  At the least telemetry and recognition in the software community. At worst training their AI
- lucianbr 1y ago
  It's a large corporation. I'm certain someone asked that question and got an answer before starting producing Python tools. It's management's job to ask that question and get answers, you know.
davesque 1y ago
Would be helpful to know why you think this. Even if there are common reasons that others could point to (and please don't; it won't be helpful), your comment doesn't make any sense without that context.

Boycott Microsoft. Don't work there, don't use their products.

90s_dev 1y ago

Why?

megous 1y ago
[flagged]
- robocat 1y ago
  > happily Anthropomorphising a corporation is fanciful. A manipulative writing technique given that it appears you're hallucinating an emotional state that you have no way to know! > have taken on a state in court You are suggesting Microsoft should get involved politically? That would also condone that they should get involved in subjects you wouldn't support. Trying to fix symptoms is a losing battle: the cause needs fixing.
  - megous 1y ago
    MS is a group of people, led by people and people have emotions. Corporation is a legal abstraction/concept through which states views MS, for legal purposes and whatever. I don't have to, I can view it for what it is. An organized group of people doing stuff for both money and other reasons. Saying "MS does something" is a shortcut for "decision makers at MS doing something". I'm not suggesting anything other than that MS are boycot-worthy for their past decisions and actions, incl. recent ones. I'm not interested in "fixing" MS, it's much easier just to try to avoid it and its products. Yes, I don't know for sure whether this particular decision was done happily by someone in MS. It doesn't matter much, either in the end.
computerthings 1y ago
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smt88 1y ago

How does using their Python tools help Microsoft?

hilsdev 1y ago
Embrace, extend, destroy
- loloquwowndueo 1y ago
  Extinguish! Mind the alliteration! :)
  - hilsdev 1y ago
    My apologies! That makes it that much better
akkad33 1y ago
At the least telemetry and recognition in the software community. At worst training their AI
lucianbr 1y ago
It's a large corporation. I'm certain someone asked that question and got an answer before starting producing Python tools. It's management's job to ask that question and get answers, you know.

davesque 1y ago

Would be helpful to know why you think this. Even if there are common reasons that others could point to (and please don't; it won't be helpful), your comment doesn't make any sense without that context.