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Yep, but the other way around. Open source was Microsoft's fiercest enemy, and now it's managed to root deep inside the company, eating it from the inside out,
by alpeb 8y ago
Yep, but the other way around. Open source was Microsoft's fiercest enemy, and now it's managed to root deep inside the company, eating it from the inside out, turning Microsoft into something very very different than what it was 15 years ago. We won!
- jeremyjh 8y agoOh, my sweet, summer child. This could just be the embrace phase.
- meddlepal 8y agoOr you're just a conspiracy theorist. Time will tell.
- meesterdude 8y agohow can you look at the history of Microsoft and call their playbook conspiracy theory?
- lucb1e 8y ago> Oh, my sweet, summer child. I remember someone replied with that to a comment of mine. I find it hard to find words for it as a non-native speaker, as I don't have to express this often, but it's rather derogatory/denigrating/belittling, as if someone is speaking complete nonsense. At the same time, it's not an obvious personal / ad hominem statement, so it's unlikely to be moderated. Or maybe I'm completely misunderstanding the attitude here.
- Mononokay 8y agoIt's more or less a meme from a popular series of books, implying that someone's naive.
- sgc 8y agoI think it is so over the top that it meant to be understood as a (biting) half joke. Nobody in tech talks like that in real life.
- deepakkarki 8y agoI think the word you're looking for is "condescending".
- etatoby 8y agoCould the word you are looking for be "condescending"? Maybe there's a hint of that, but it's so over the top and a famous quote to boot (from Game of Thrones) that I wouldn't ascribe malice to the poster. PS: not a native speaker either.
- lucb1e 8y agoYes, condescending is it. Somehow two translation services could not give me the word, but it's indeed the one I'm looking for.
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoGame of Thrones reference. It’s usually not intended to be quite as snarky as it sounds, as it’s often used just because fans of the show are tempted to apply it. Otherwise, your perception is accurate.
- lucb1e 8y agoThanks for elaborating!
- philliphaydon 8y agoIt’s 2018. Move on.
- dang 8y agoPersonal swipes aren't ok here, so please edit them out of your posts. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- usr1106 8y agoEverybody does open source now. IBM, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, you name it. One way to look at is that code is no longer that interesting, data is more important. Does any of those share their data under an open license?