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0 pointsGaryBluto1mo ago0 comments

> Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods.

When did this happen?

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wallst071mo ago· 2 in thread

When they started embracing and using Linux, WSL is pretty good. But it doesn't completely wash out it's past.

Dotnet core was also a move in that direction with large portions being open source.

That wasn't rehabilitation, they just wanted to save the dying platform.

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