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Do programmers hate Microsoft? I always thought/perceived that MS treated their developer community well.

• johnlbevan2 13y ago
  Yeah, I love MS. I hate their licensing (too complex), and think they've not had a spotless track record, but compared to Oracle and Apple they're definitely in the good guys camp.
• mel919 13y ago
  MS-hating opinions come from the old times of IE6 and practices like FUD, EEE. A lot has changed since then but this hate still shows up sometimes. There's an interesting article about this by Scott Hanselman titled "Microsoft Killed My Pappy": http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MicrosoftKilledMyPappy.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MicrosoftKilledMyPappy.aspx
  • PavlovsCat 13y ago
    I found some of the reactions on hn and slashdot way more insightful than the blog post itself, which to me is half euphemism, half strawman, and 100% condescending. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281283 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/02/23/1628259/microsoft-killed-my-pappy http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/02/23/1628259/microsoft-kil...
  • the_ancient 13y ago
    There are 2 types of programmers... Programmer that 100% embrace MS using the .NET Stack, Visual Studio, and outlaying the Tens of Thousands of Dollars need to support that development model And programmers that want to use Open Source/Open Standards... The Open Source/open Standards programmers hate MS because they MS views Open Source has a threat and the enemy (although they are starting to be less hostile over the last couple years)
    • jimmaswell 13y ago
      Sarcasm or something right
• jbuzbee 13y ago
  Yes. And they haven't changed. See their slimy Android extortion techniques which taxes millions of smartphones based on some highly questionable patents and also their recent FUD-based ad campaigns.