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Simply put, because Microsoft lost two generations of progammers; first to the web and then to mobile. These are the platforms of choice for most startups today
by hkarthik 13y ago
Simply put, because Microsoft lost two generations of progammers; first to the web and then to mobile. These are the platforms of choice for most startups today.
A programmer in his/her early 20s back in 2007 might have cut their teeth on PHP, while the same age programmer today may have hacked on Android or iOS. Both are familiar with using Macs or Linux and open source tools that work with both.
I spent years only writing .NET and the tooling is pretty incredible. But when I switched to open source the first thing I noticed was how quickly I went from being the youngest guy in the room to being one of the oldest.