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Microsoft’s original source code

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617 points EvgeniyZh | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 21:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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santiagobasulto ◴[03 Apr 25 22:46 UTC] No.43576378[source]▶
Microsoft (and maybe even Bill Gates personally) generated a strong "dislike" sentiment to the hacker community. But we can't deny that he and Paul Allen were pure breed hackers and helped a lot the development of technology. Of course, we all prefer OSS and we'd pick Linus (or insert OSS dev name here) 100 times over one of the "evil capitalists"/s, but nevertheless they have to be recognized.
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bigstrat2003 ◴[04 Apr 25 00:03 UTC] No.43576921[source]▶
Meh, I don't prefer OSS. I prefer tools that work well, whatever they may be. For a long time, that was Windows. Microsoft went to hell, so now it's Linux. I'll happily use commercial solutions so long as they're good.
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1. muppetman ◴[04 Apr 25 02:41 UTC] No.43577794[source]▶
Yup! Which is why I use Linux but you better believe I've got Sublime Text installed (and licensed!)