[nitrogen]

Half the HN frontpage right now is MS articles. Seems oddly coincidental.

We can't forget about the bad MS is still doing: forced Win10 upgrades, Win10 spyware, Android patent extortion, FAT/VFAT/exFAT patent suits and licenses, etc.

The developer arm seems to be working hard, which is commendable. But looking at the rest of the org, this just seems like another Embrace round of the EEE cycle.

[Analemma_]

It's not "oddly coincidental", it's Microsoft's developer conference today, which is where the announcement was made. During WWDC and I/O the front page is filled with Apple and Google news too.

[tener]

Comparing to Apple, Microsoft seems to be getting more attention to their news, which is a praiseworthy change.

[merb]

well since steve jobs died there wasn't anything noteworthy. I mean seriously, was there any new device or and WORTHY feature? I can't think of any. And old devices like the mac series or others weren't overhauled with something that made it more interesting. I mean everything since then was the touchbar from mac, which many weren't seeing as that feature, they basically removed more than they added noteworthy stuff. That's why they probably will suffer soon. They need a leader to bring them forward and not a businessman.

[frik]

Yes, sadly MSFT PR drones invaded HN since BUILD 2015. They are worse than the were during Ballmer days, their current CEO is bad for end consumers, the spyware in W10 and many other shady actions like forcing DRM EFI are very bad. Who (developer) in the right mind would fall again for their shit? Only noobs fall for them - you will get burned sooner or later, remember that. Their software aren't a good fit for startups, so why are they fearured on HN nowadays? Usually you don't want to burn your money on software licenses, or you will fall like MySpace. Read PG articles.

[canada_dry]

> We can't forget about the bad MS is still doing

This.

It doesn't take much skepticism to suspect MS has the ultimate agenda of eliminating all things Linux (as it exists today).

[sullyj3]

You're right, it doesn't take much skepticism, because that sort of conspiracy theorising is basically the opposite of skepticism, it's uncritical thinking.

[baybal2]

Let's wait for Linux Millenium Edition

[Crespyl]

Well, we did already get 3.11 "Linux For Workgroups"[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names