Re:WinGet is terrible, I want AppGet back
by 908B64B197 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @04:00PM
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> who basically wanted to acquihire Keivan/AppGet
Keivan is the only one who ever mentioned "acquihire". Microsoft never did so... because there really was nothing to acquire! Keivan made grand statement about his idea being patentable but that he, in the goodness of his heart, decided not to patent anything but... package managers have been around for a long time now so there is really nothing to patent.
Reading through the AppGet code, it basically reads a XAML config with install instructions. CS101 project basically. Seems like he failed his PM interview pretty bad.
Now, all that whining did give him a lot of exposure for his startup here on HN...
Keivan is the only one who ever mentioned "acquihire". Microsoft never did so... because there really was nothing to acquire! Keivan made grand statement about his idea being patentable but that he, in the goodness of his heart, decided not to patent anything but... package managers have been around for a long time now so there is really nothing to patent.
Reading through the AppGet code, it basically reads a XAML config with install instructions. CS101 project basically. Seems like he failed his PM interview pretty bad.
Now, all that whining did give him a lot of exposure for his startup here on HN...