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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by ifdefdebug on Monday December 28, 2015 @11:58AM (#10802041)
I don't think their open sourcing is some kind of desperate attempt. They open sourced .NET understanding that developer tools and languages have to be open source nowadays, if they want adoption.
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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by frik on Monday December 28, 2015 @12:14PM (#10802122)
Without developers Microsoft tools and platform will shrink a lot and fast. It was basically their only chance to open source the new dotNet core. And try everything incl. their TypeScript tactics on JavaScript to get developers back into their development tool eco system - and to lock-in them into their tool-sets and platforms.

Most devs beside enterprise IT departments use open source languages for web deveopment. NodeJS/Java/PHP/Ruby/Python/Go are very popular and only a tiny fraction (11%) runs on Windows servers with dotNet or Mono. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/11/16/november-2015-w...

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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by UK-AL on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:27AM (#10805918)
Hows that compiled though? Most iis installisations don't send idenditifying information.

I know if you nmap our website which uses iis it returns as something else because of our load balancer.

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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by oldnan on Monday December 28, 2015 @12:11PM (#10802102)
Without adoption it's hard to stay relevant which was what my post was about...
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