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How is VSCode a "gateway drug" into the MS ecosystem? It's good PR, for sure, but it has little to no conceptual/GUI overlap with, say, Windows. FWIW I use it
by pphysch 1y ago
How is VSCode a "gateway drug" into the MS ecosystem? It's good PR, for sure, but it has little to no conceptual/GUI overlap with, say, Windows.
FWIW I use it via Linux .deb and integrate with a private GitLab.
- acdha 1y agoAzure and GitHub are large Microsoft revenue sources. Both have first-class VSC integration.
- pjmlp 1y agoWorrying about Windows is fighting the last war. Azure, Github, CoPilot, .NET (why do you think it is cross-platform), Java (yes, MS is back in Java land, they were the ones with initial ARM support), Go (they have their own FIPS compliant distro), Python (although with layoffs maybe not anymore), Rust, npm, Powershell, Powerapps, 365 AddIns, Teams plugins, clang/cmake (part of Visual Studio installer), Azure Linux, Sphere OS,....
- epolanski 1y agoBecause it opens the gate up to the rest of Microsoft tools. Once you're gonna play with azure, GitHub, vsc, you're bit by bit invested in the ecosystem and opening the wallet for that other feature or integration.