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Just a side note / counter note: >"While I have a lot of respect for the creators of TS," Creators of TypeScript are Microsoft. To any readers unfamiliar wit
by vesuvianvenus 5y ago
Just a side note / counter note:
>"While I have a lot of respect for the creators of TS,"
Creators of TypeScript are Microsoft.
To any readers unfamiliar with TypeScript and Microsoft's ethics,
be sure to research their past corporate ethics to understand whether or not they are trustworthy as a company (or at least those who lead their overarching market strategies.
Here is one example, and to me, it describes where TypeScript is going (imho):
"The strategy's three phases are:
---> Embrace: Development of software substantially compatible with a competing product, or implementing a public standard.
---> Extend: Addition and promotion of features not supported by the competing product or part of the standard, creating interoperability problems for customers who try to use the "simple" standard.
---> Extinguish: When extensions become a de facto standard because of their dominant market share, they marginalize competitors that do not or cannot support the new extensions."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
For this reason, out of sheer convictions in anti-unethical corporate behavior, I steer clear of TypeScript, and I encourage others to do so as well-- especially those who care about corporate ethics.
- valenterry 5y agoWhat I meant is, I respect the technical competency of the people who designed TS the programing language. I agree that Microsoft's influence should be observed and considered carefully.