Re:Bing is now Microsoft Bing as the search engine gets a re...
by smt88 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:22PM
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> Whether or not it needs these for its survival doesn't seem like much of a distinction
Of course it is. If you let someone into your home, and one of them is going to die if they don't steal food from you, which person is more likely to steal food from you?
Google's business model literally does not allow it to be ethical.
> The HN discourse around Microsoft these days really just shows that Microsoft's attempts to buy back goodwill with things like VS Code must be working.
I see a lot of people with your point of view. Are you still influenced by your perceptions of Microsoft from the Ballmer and Gates days?
I was also in the industry at that time, and today's Microsoft is just a different company. It's leadership is different, most of the Baller/Gates people have left, and their policies are completely different.
VS Code is great, but Microsoft isn't doing anything to lock you into it. I don't use it at all. TypeScript and .NET are both IDE-agnostic, for example.
Companies aren't people. They don't have consistent cultures, personalities, or beliefs. Microsoft sucked in the past, but they're the only large tech company that I'm not actively angry at on a daily basis anymore.
Of course it is. If you let someone into your home, and one of them is going to die if they don't steal food from you, which person is more likely to steal food from you?
Google's business model literally does not allow it to be ethical.
> The HN discourse around Microsoft these days really just shows that Microsoft's attempts to buy back goodwill with things like VS Code must be working.
I see a lot of people with your point of view. Are you still influenced by your perceptions of Microsoft from the Ballmer and Gates days?
I was also in the industry at that time, and today's Microsoft is just a different company. It's leadership is different, most of the Baller/Gates people have left, and their policies are completely different.
VS Code is great, but Microsoft isn't doing anything to lock you into it. I don't use it at all. TypeScript and .NET are both IDE-agnostic, for example.
Companies aren't people. They don't have consistent cultures, personalities, or beliefs. Microsoft sucked in the past, but they're the only large tech company that I'm not actively angry at on a daily basis anymore.