Re:Can we trust Microsoft with open source?
by lytefm on Sunday October 24, 2021 @09:29AM
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I feel like this is exactly where Microsoft ist aiming for with VSCode, Codespaces etc:
1. Give away the Code Editor as Open source, but make important Plugins (Python Development, Live Share,...) closed source.
2. Make the life for developers easier/ more productive by integrating cloud offerings. Oh, you're starting a python project? Use our code space for development and click here to automatically deploy it to Azure, everything correctly configured. No need to deal with Ops.
3. Make $$$ with Cloud services and enterprise tooling.
1. Give away the Code Editor as Open source, but make important Plugins (Python Development, Live Share,...) closed source.
2. Make the life for developers easier/ more productive by integrating cloud offerings. Oh, you're starting a python project? Use our code space for development and click here to automatically deploy it to Azure, everything correctly configured. No need to deal with Ops.
3. Make $$$ with Cloud services and enterprise tooling.