Microsoft no longer the evil empire

Undertoad · 04-29-2015, 03:46 PM

I'm making the call; today Microsoft announced that a version of the Visual Studio editor will run on all three of OS X, Linux And Windows; and that they were releasing technology to permit Android and IOS apps to run on Windows 10, without too much work.

Code once, run anywhere!

Today they have officially shrugged off the legacy of Steve Ballmer and are embracing the new world where everything is open.

It's a good thing!

Happy Monkey · 04-29-2015, 04:27 PM

That's cool; I wonder if they'll get pushback from Apple on the IOS compatibility.

tw · 04-30-2015, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

That's cool; I wonder if they'll get pushback from Apple on the IOS compatibility.

Only if Apple is an evil empire.

Undertoad · 05-04-2015, 10:39 AM

Apple is now in evil empire territory.

Apple getting DOJ attention after trying to force record labels to deny Spotify a contract for ad-supported streaming, ahead of the launch of its own Beats streaming service

it · 07-11-2015, 05:19 PM

Things kind of turned since the 90s between apple and microsoft. Between the fee's to apply an app to the store, the licensing process for developers, the inability to run objective c on any other platform without a virtual desktop, not accepting java... it's just business imperialism 101.

...and in the mean time google is jumping over the "do no evil" slogan and heading to a whole new territory of "wtf empire", where you aren't sure if they are becoming a reluctant corporate branch of the US intelligence or trying to build their own robot army.

04-29-2015, 03:46 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Microsoft no longer the evil empire I'm making the call; today Microsoft announced that a version of the Visual Studio editor will run on all three of OS X, Linux And Windows; and that they were releasing technology to permit Android and IOS apps to run on Windows 10, without too much work. Code once, run anywhere! Today they have officially shrugged off the legacy of Steve Ballmer and are embracing the new world where everything is open. It's a good thing!

04-29-2015, 04:27 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	That's cool; I wonder if they'll get pushback from Apple on the IOS compatibility. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-04-2015, 10:39 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Apple is now in evil empire territory. Apple getting DOJ attention after trying to force record labels to deny Spotify a contract for ad-supported streaming, ahead of the launch of its own Beats streaming service

07-11-2015, 05:19 PM	#5
it Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 772	Things kind of turned since the 90s between apple and microsoft. Between the fee's to apply an app to the store, the licensing process for developers, the inability to run objective c on any other platform without a virtual desktop, not accepting java... it's just business imperialism 101. ...and in the mean time google is jumping over the "do no evil" slogan and heading to a whole new territory of "wtf empire", where you aren't sure if they are becoming a reluctant corporate branch of the US intelligence or trying to build their own robot army.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)