> Microsoft has made a big push for getting developers to take a second look at Windows.
This presumes that the developers' first look and decision to stay away from Windows was mistaken. It wasn't.
I avoid Windows because mistakes were made. If Microsoft continues to assert that I'm the one who made the mistakes, then I'm just going to keep avoiding their stuff.
As a developer, I make dependency choices based largely on my confidence in the upstream's judgment. Microsoft has a long track record of making poor technical decisions and then never fixing them. I've also heard enough about their internal culture to understand how difficult this would be to change. Introducing a shell or a package manager well over a decade after it was clear that they needed one doesn't inspire confidence.
Not to mention Microsoft's tendency act coercively when they can get away with it, and friendly when they can't. Yes, I'm bitter about this.
This presumes that the developers' first look and decision to stay away from Windows was mistaken. It wasn't.
I avoid Windows because mistakes were made. If Microsoft continues to assert that I'm the one who made the mistakes, then I'm just going to keep avoiding their stuff.
As a developer, I make dependency choices based largely on my confidence in the upstream's judgment. Microsoft has a long track record of making poor technical decisions and then never fixing them. I've also heard enough about their internal culture to understand how difficult this would be to change. Introducing a shell or a package manager well over a decade after it was clear that they needed one doesn't inspire confidence.
Not to mention Microsoft's tendency act coercively when they can get away with it, and friendly when they can't. Yes, I'm bitter about this.
I still don't plan on taking a second look.