Is there some context available or can someone provide some background?
- http://theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotnet-hot...
- https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/505
Organisational design defect - the .NET language is open-source and wants to be available on all platforms, on all devices and fundamentally an open programming language (ie all editors). The problem is the .NET SDK team is paid by the Visual Studio team. CVP ripped out SDK features to sell more Visual Studio product because the org is run as a profit centre that is stuck in a Ballmeresk Cold War with Jetbrains vs Satya “Azure is the future”
Moments after the public “reversal” blog post key engineers and product managers took to twitter to celebrate the victory and the community movement with expensive scotch. (“Thanks for your support”)
Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft.
Reversal: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/23/22742282/microsoft-dotne...