Microsoft buys linkedin

dowie said:
that isn't really how it works... I mean someone like google could build another facebook quite easily but there wouldn't necessarily be much point in them doing so as it would quite likely fail - facebook already exists and they''d probably need to offer something new - so far their forays into social networking haven't exactly been game changing.
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You've hit the nail on the head. Google+ :p
 
Has the potential to be massive for MS - but I'm not really inspired by their execution of late.

Maybe I'm being a dick but it seems like they have too many "hipster" types calling the shots these days who have far to narrow and idealistic perspective.
 
Rroff said:
Has the potential to be massive for MS - but I'm not really inspired by their execution of late.
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No? I am. They've totally turned around from a slow releasing behemoth to an agile company that takes risks and punts on exciting things. They've embraced open source, they've embraced smaller companies, and more importantly they've embraced listening to people. As a developer working predominantly on the MS stack it's an exciting time to be working.
 
platypus said:
No? I am. They've totally turned around from a slow releasing behemoth to an agile company that takes risks and punts on exciting things. They've embraced open source, they've embraced smaller companies, and more importantly they've embraced listening to people. As a developer working predominantly on the MS stack it's an exciting time to be working.
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Can't tell if sarcasm or not.
 
platypus said:
No? I am. They've totally turned around from a slow releasing behemoth to an agile company that takes risks and punts on exciting things. They've embraced open source, they've embraced smaller companies, and more importantly they've embraced listening to people. As a developer working predominantly on the MS stack it's an exciting time to be working.
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Tute said:
Can't tell if sarcasm or not.
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:confused: why?. All of it's true. It's an especially exciting time for developers. A few years from now, .NET Core and all that awesomeness is going to start maturing and I'm sure we'll see some amazing stuff on Linux in terms of development, servers, hosting, etc. and that's just the start of it.
 
platypus said:
No? I am. They've totally turned around from a slow releasing behemoth to an agile company that takes risks and punts on exciting things. They've embraced open source, they've embraced smaller companies, and more importantly they've embraced listening to people. As a developer working predominantly on the MS stack it's an exciting time to be working.
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Really can't tell if that is sarcasm or not :| maybe if you are a 3rd party developer maybe I dunno but they certainly aren't listening to end users when it comes to software/OS stuff that is certain (or atleast only "listening" to what they want to hear). The only thing I can think of really that fits what you are talking about is the inclusion of user mode bash.
 
Craig321 said:
:confused: why?. All of it's true. It's an especially exciting time for developers. A few years from now, .NET Core and all that awesomeness is going to start maturing and I'm sure we'll see some amazing stuff on Linux in terms of development, servers, hosting, etc. and that's just the start of it.
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Have to agree. I discovered .NET core a few months ago and been getting into C# and .Net since then, and I really like it. Have some projects running on Linux servers. Xamarin is now free too and they let me use it at work for a mobile app. I've moved from Python/Django (my work) to wanting to do this and want it to be my future :D. Much more pleasurable to develop with, and the design patterns are nice. Definitely think .Net is the future.
 
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