The Day AppGet Died (2020)

Re:The Day AppGet Died (2020) by LeonB on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:01PM (#30388965)

This caused a big splash at the time.

Here’s some links on ‘what happened next’ (though I’d love to know what else has happened since!)

- “Microsoft finally gives AppGet developer the credit he deserves” (https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/6/2/21277863/micr...)

Microsoft response:

- “winget install learning” by “Andrew” at Microsoft (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/winget-install-le...)

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Re:The Day AppGet Died (2020) by gdcbe on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:15PM (#30389134)

I find it a bit shallow that they throw around these words so easily. The apologies would have a bit more worth IMHO if they actually would compensate him financially for the foundational work. Sure it’s not a legal requirement but I do believe it is the right thing to do and it’s not like they would feel it…

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Re:The Day AppGet Died (2020) by 908B64B197 on Friday February 18, 2022 @05:59PM (#30392305)

There wasn't anything foundational.

The author himself said he wanted to replicate the package managers available on Linux.

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