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I know it's not comparable to Google, but Microsoft did significantly invest in open source, they also open sourced .NET, made TypeScript, VS Code

• SpEd3Y 2y ago
  Fair. These are good examples of open source that Microsoft did! I love all 3 of those.
• dhruvrajvanshi 2y ago
  It also made Linux viable on desktop :P WSL is my favourite Linux distro...well favourite is too strong. It's the one I hate the least.
  • rty32 2y ago
    Curious, do run into any network/IO performance issues? Last time I checked, networking is horrible, I mean `npm install ` would time out when it works on the host without issues, and this was a well known issue. Haven't touched WSL for a while because of this.
    • zamalek 2y ago
      Were you using WSL1? It did have some areas that needed improvement (which is what prompted to Microsoft to replace it).
      • rty32 2y ago
        No, WSL 2 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4901 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4901
• lofaszvanitt 2y ago
  The average joe can't do shit with open source. The average coder cannot sell the fruits of the progession, because of open source. And most individuals can't do anything with open source, since they lack funding. Who profit from open source? Big companies. Don't you get it? The whole initiative is a trojan horse.