• harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Exactly. It’s Microsoft ffs. They don’t care what consumers want. The only time they do anything truly beneficial is when the EU makes them.

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      9 months ago

      The only time they do anything truly beneficial is when the EU makes them.

      Except when they make programming languages

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        9 months ago

        I mean sure, c# is better than java, but c# also makes you dependant on MS and all their shenanigans. Java is free of such burdens. Oracle sure is a dependency, but you’re free pick another vendor or fork your own.

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          Of course they prioritise Windows and Azure, but still, .NET works on Linux well, and it’s licensed under MIT, so you’re allowed to fork too.

          But on the other hand I won’t waste my time defending Microsoft here, because they have people for doing it.

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          They also created TypeScript which is a huge improvement over js imo. And with C# you can use Mono, so you really aren’t locked into MS automatically.

          Plus, they made VS Code free. I hate MS but they do make solid tools for developers.