Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network

Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by techntoke on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:16PM (#18186941)

Microsoft tries to claim they love and support open source for the greater good, but what they really love is money. If they offer you a job, try running Linux as the primary OS on your work computer and see what they say (even if you want to run Windows using KVM). It's a broken toxic culture there. If you have good intentions, you'll likely be fired.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by jermaustin1 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @02:50PM (#18187786)

I've known multiple Microsoft developers who use a MBP at work, and who aren't fired. And now that MS has bought companies like Xamarin, need to support Linux and Mac.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by techntoke on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:42PM (#18188204)

They wouldn't allow it 2 years ago. Yeah, you can run Linux in a VM but not as your main desktop connecting to their corporate network.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by linuxftw on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @04:32PM (#18188577)

I assume GP meant "MBP" means "MacBook Pro" so, not Linux either.

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