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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by jasonlotito on Thursday March 31, 2016 @02:17PM (#11399307)
> Guess by the downvoting that there's a reason people feel the "metrics collection" shouldn't be Open Sourced?

It was a childish and immature comment, not appropriate for HN. That's why it is getting downvoted. In addition, this comment talking about the downvotes will get downvoted as well. Not only for the fact that you are talking about downvotes in your comment, but by the fact that your comment is effectively "begging the question."

Rather than make one-off snide comments, actually contribute something that is respectful to other people's time.

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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by justinclift on Thursday March 31, 2016 @02:37PM (#11399462)
What's a better way to point out MS should be Open Sourcing the parts of their codebase which people don't trust (eg their spyware)?

They seem to be making large numbers of moves trying to get people to use their platform... and at the same time, shooting themselves in the foot-head-foot with trust-destroying moves... and ignoring everything in relation to that. :(

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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by vulpino on Thursday March 31, 2016 @02:52PM (#11399581)
How about:

"Maybe Microsoft should consider open sourcing the components of their system which track users. It's possible that this would help rebuild the trust that was eroded with the release of Windows 10."

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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by justinclift on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:39PM (#11400754)
Thanks. Tried to change it... but the "edit" link was gone by that time. Oh well, next time. :)
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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by michaelmrose on Thursday March 31, 2016 @03:27PM (#11399863)
You are disrespectful and your rudeness adds nothing to the discussion. His made a valid point. This entire site is just by its nature very pro business even in the case of really bad businesses.
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