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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by pier25 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @11:57PM (#17224487)
Nobody gives hardware for free.
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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by naikrovek on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:29AM (#17224655)
> Nobody gives hardware for free.

Correct. And Apple artificially requires that you have a Mac to develop software for Mac or iOS.

Not even Microsoft does that. I can compile for Windows on any platform.

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by pier25 on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:59PM (#17234110)
So, are complaining about the economical factor or an ideological one?
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