On 7/7/23 16:59, Bret Busby wrote:
On 7/7/23 16:30, Bret Busby wrote:Microsoft didn't invent anything.I did not post that statement as the original poster of that statement.
Your comment about BSOD strongly suggests you agree with the sentiment.I reiterate. Microsoft for good or bad has made major advances in software and is responsible for a fair fraction of what we experience in our Linux world.
My view is that much of what Microsoft produces is plain awful, mainly on commercial grounds, but a lot of what they have produced is highly influential and relevant to the Linux community.
The latest Microsoft incursion is Visual Studio Code. It's a real innovation. If you are a Linux Developer and not competent in using it you will shortly be consigned to history. Now add in ChatGPT (a Microsoft product) and you have the road-map of most software generation for Linux as well as Microsoft for the next five years.
Jeremy (Native language English, Variant Australian, Uses GPT4 and VSCode)