I swear I just saw a pig flying across the sky.
What is going on in Microsoft? Have they finally seen the light? First today comes SQL Server on Linux and now this.
It makes a refreshing change. Long may it continue.
What is going on in Microsoft? Have they finally seen the light? First today comes SQL Server on Linux and now this.
It makes a refreshing change. Long may it continue.
Now the great majority of the .NET development stack is completely open, aside from Visual Studio itself. But there's always Visual Studio Code, the lightweight, open source alternative. Runs on linux too.
Office is available on other platforms, and they've been adding new platforms in the last couple of years.
Currently supports: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Mac, and PC. Not including their in-browser suite which runs on Chromebooks and your smart fridge.
They also haven't killed Skype for Linux. Skype for Linux was terrible before Microsoft purchased Skype. If anything Skype for Linux hasn't been improved while the Skype for Windows client has become progressively worse.
Seen this way, the slow transformation from lock-in to charm-in that we observe today is more a return to the roots than a dissolution of identity for Microsoft.
Open source, apparently.