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What about Microsoft developing some of the best enterprise programming tools in the world? I don't use any of the following, but I have to admit that they are
by BrandonM 13y ago
What about Microsoft developing some of the best enterprise programming tools in the world? I don't use any of the following, but I have to admit that they are (or at one time were) best-in-class is basically all of them:
* C#, F#, and all of .NET
* Visual Studio
* SQL Server
* DirectX
* ActiveX[1]
[1] ActiveX is not the best technology, but it paved the way for the AJAX programming that everyone does today.
- fhd2 13y ago> ActiveX is not the best technology, but it paved the way for the AJAX programming that everyone does today. You can safely add AJAX to the list, XMLHttpRequest is from Microsoft as well. I never had much symphathy for Microsoft, but I can't help but respect some of the things they've done, both in the Gates and Ballmer eras. They used to really care about developers.
- politician 13y agoI've often heard XMLHttpRequest described as an "own goal" instead of a "win".
- hannibal5 13y agoIt's good to realize that most of it was developed as response to innovation elsewhere. And they don't make up for those horrible Visual Basic versions they pushed for years. Famous quote from 90's: "Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong." - Bill Gates (regarding Java, shortly before Microsoft licensed Java and cancelled the Blackbird project)
- bborud 13y agoImagine if they hadn't been hell bent on only releasing those tools for Windows. Imagine if they had made them cross platform. Their programming tools may be great. But I will never care. Because I'd rather hit myself with a stick than use Windows.