so microsoft is now teaching people to get the cancer known as linux?
for those who don't know, Microsoft openly claimed that "Linux is a cancer" back in 2001.
https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_ca...
for those who don't know, Microsoft openly claimed that "Linux is a cancer" back in 2001.
https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_ca...
Yes, and? Like any company, it's not a single-mind monolith set in stone willing to die on some random hills, but adapts to where the money is if it wishes to survive, and it's represented by people who are subject to change, specifically Balmer who said that at the time and he's been replaced by Nadella, who fixed a lot of the bad directions Blamer took.
Apple also refused to use USB-C over lightning until the EU forced them, then came around and told everyone how much better the "new" USB C connector is despite refusing to use it in their phones for nearly a decade.
you seem to have yourself really confused.
refusing to use certain tech is one thing, labelling it as a "cancer" when the tech is being built by millions of people with an idea of promoting openness is a completely different new level.
The only conclusion was that Balmer was wrong and Microsoft was right.
The same Microsoft that had a lawsuit with Sun regarding J++, which lead to the creation of .NET, now has its own Java distribution based on OpenJDK, hired several OpenJDK contributors, and is one of the companies doing the work of ARM support.
Also collaborates with Red-Hat in the Java support for Visual Studio, one of the few languages alongside Python, C#, PowerShell and TypeScript that have tier 1 support from Microsoft.
Incidently is why the Windows development experience has gotten worse, with most of the work done by interns and people without background in Windows developer culture.
If only some of the money used for Activision/Blizzard acquisition was used for Windows teams instead.
the reason why they have to rely on interns to do such "development" is obvious - skilled developers feel ashamed or at least embarrassing to use/develop for windows.
however, you and I can definitely agree on something here, that is the company known as microsoft is still making money by selling dinosaur "techs", look at its windows, office, visual studio, how much really changed from the 2001 era? yet it is still a major cash cow of the company.