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I think it was more Ballmer not having a clue about mobile. When I first saw his idiotic response to the initial iPhone I knew he would fail hard in the mobile space. Even today I …

Yes because that was an incredible purchase for Microsoft!

> 1. Open Explorer where you downloaded youtube-dl Already too complicated for my parents. I have shown my mother how to open her downloads folder for over a decade and she still c…

Very good point. I was just surprised how much that simple bool assignment slowed things down so massively.

It is wasting a lot of time with the pointless bool assignments. See my post below.

I never said Microsoft would only support their Linux. Just that it would be an option and that some businesses would be interested in it. I am assuming you believe Microsoft will …

I apologise for being excited about something that interests me.

I ran the C++ version on my i7-2640M laptop (ThinkPad T420s) and got 20.394s Interestingly it is almost identical to his 2-generation newer MacBook Pro. Edit: and if I fix isPrime …

How so? Microsoft want to support everything they can on Azure. That is just sensible business IMHO. However there are businesses out there who like to work in a single vendor syst…

I come from the Microsoft of the 90s where they followed their Embrace, Extend, Extinguish methodology. My "nagging negative thoughts" all stem from those memories. As for dev mach…

Google Cache as the Debian tracker is getting hit hard https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UoVCY4... Original link is to post #84 in the conversation.

This. I would be very interested in running Microsoft Linux instead of Ubuntu on a physical dev box. With .NET Core, ASP.NET, etc. having an MS proper Linux would be great. Somethi…

Kind of. SONIC is very specialised. It isn't a desktop or server version of Linux for general purpose applications. Also it just happens to run on Debian.

The same as using Red Hat's Linux. You get a well supported environment. If you are a Linux shop but want to run on Azure then it makes sense, to me anyway, to go with the best sup…

It would be amazing to see a Microsoft GNU/Linux distro in the future. To be honest it wouldn't exactly be hard for Microsoft to do. Take a Debian base, add whatever bits they need…

You're not alone. Woz seems like a really great guy. He has a big heart. When I think of what a true hacker is I think of Woz. A person who loves tech and to tinker but for the bet…

Woz seems to be such a gentle and kind guy who just loves tech and gadgets. I don't think I have ever read of anyone having a problem with him. Pretty interesting as most people at…

Does anyone know if this will allow me to run GBD in tui mode on Windows?

Indeed. To be honest I would be shocked if Microsoft don't make the Universal Windows Platform a true Universal App Platform available on as many platforms as possible. It seems to…

I wonder what odds I would get on MS bringing the UWP to OS X and Linux and maybe even Android?

Sorry I never use the phone while in the car. It is a quiet zone for me :)

I think you underestimate how much can be made from arms trafficking!

Wow, that was quite the read. If all is true then hats off to the reporter. That was some seriously impressive reporting.

In an ideal system sure. Country A funds research into Subject A. Country B funds research into Subject B. Then everyone has access to everything and can work better towards Subjec…

I have wondered this before as well. I can't think of any industry that is as open as FOSS. There is FOSS available for literally everything you could ever want or need[0]. FOSS en…