4 ms·
Pretty sure Microsoft is exponentially bigger than 99% of the library authors out there, and add to that the giant communication channel that GitHub gives it ov
by AmbroseBierce 11mo ago
Pretty sure Microsoft is exponentially bigger than 99% of the library authors out there, and add to that the giant communication channel that GitHub gives it over developers, so the analogy breaks pretty fast.
- nottorp 11mo agoOr it's worse, because there's a good bunch of devs that don't trust MS by default?
- AmbroseBierce 11mo agoEven the most hardcore GNU supporters don't think Microsoft would add a supply chain attack to such initiative, or that their software security is worse than the average NPM (popular) package maintainer.
- nottorp 11mo agoJust the lock in and telemetry are dangerous :) And they're company policy as opposed to honest mistakes like security vulns.