Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub • Hacker News Board

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by JonnieCache » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:23 PM UTC

bootload wrote: post #22

robconery wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phil also invented C#, the Faux Hawk, and Daft Punk

"... Phil also invented C# ..." Anders Hejlsberg is credited as being the principal designer & architect of C# at Microsoft [0] and I don't see this listed on Phil Haacks resume. [1] [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg#At_Microsoft [1] http://haacked.com/Docs/PhillipHaack_Resume.html

Being as he also neither invented the fauxhawk, nor has he written any mediocre parisian disco-house, I'm guessing it was some sort of joke.

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by mythz » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:26 PM UTC

sofuture wrote: post #18

For the record, there are a lot of big .NET projects on Github already: https://github.com/mono https://github.com/nhibernate https://github.com/ravendb Good to see more momentum in that direction, though of course!

I'm just going to leave this here:

https://github.com/ServiceStack

Because there's a lot of C# in there as well :)

  - Web Service Framework (+ many Example/Starter Projects)
  - Json Jsv Csv Text Serailizers (+ Benchmarks)
  - Redis Client
  - Redis Web Services + Redis Admin UI
  - Orm
  - Logging Framework
  - Caching API with Memcached, Redis, InMemory & FileSystem providers

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by apg » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:33 PM UTC

haacked wrote: post #16

misterbwong wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had similar experiences. Hopefully Phil Haack's move out of MS doesn't affect its future moves in support of OSS.

There's a lot of good stuff coming in that respect. As long as ScottGu carries the torch, things are good there. :)

Wait... Isn't scottgu running/going to run the Azure Platform?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-reorg-scott-gu...

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by mythz » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:33 PM UTC

ttrashh wrote: post #2

Big loss for Microsoft.

I think it's a win for MS for many of the reasons that @Haacked lists on this blog post.

IMO MS is too much driven by profits and control to realize expanding the .NET OSS community will be a NET win for their .NET platform and surrounding tooling / aspirations.

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by jf » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:42 PM UTC

haacked wrote: post #16

misterbwong wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had similar experiences. Hopefully Phil Haack's move out of MS doesn't affect its future moves in support of OSS.

There's a lot of good stuff coming in that respect. As long as ScottGu carries the torch, things are good there. :)

My hope is that, while he's carrying the torch, Scott Guthrie (and team!) can blaze a trail for others to follow.

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by jbigelow76 » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:48 PM UTC

ijoyce wrote: post #25

Step 1: Get respected member of MS community. Step 2: Use said community connection to move people from codeplex to github. Step 3: Profit.

Doesn't sound like a bad outcome to me, I'll take GitHub over Codeplex any day (my own .NET code is on GH too)

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by ijoyce » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 10:01 PM UTC

jbigelow76 wrote: post #36

ijoyce wrote: post #25

Step 1: Get respected member of MS community. Step 2: Use said community connection to move people from codeplex to github. Step 3: Profit.

Doesn't sound like a bad outcome to me, I'll take GitHub over Codeplex any day (my own .NET code is on GH too)

I'm more than ok with it as well.

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by jf » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 10:06 PM UTC

jbigelow76 wrote: post #36

ijoyce wrote: post #25

Step 1: Get respected member of MS community. Step 2: Use said community connection to move people from codeplex to github. Step 3: Profit.

Doesn't sound like a bad outcome to me, I'll take GitHub over Codeplex any day (my own .NET code is on GH too)

> (my own .NET code is on GH too)

Where?

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by kkowalczyk » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 10:12 PM UTC

jroseattle wrote: post #9

Phil did a great job both before and after his MS career. He will do well at GitHub as well. He's one of the good guys in the C# world, and both GitHub and Microsoft will benefit from this.

Now I have to ask: who are the bad guys in C# world?

Re: Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 10:13 PM UTC

bootload wrote: post #22

robconery wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phil also invented C#, the Faux Hawk, and Daft Punk

"... Phil also invented C# ..." Anders Hejlsberg is credited as being the principal designer & architect of C# at Microsoft [0] and I don't see this listed on Phil Haacks resume. [1] [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg#At_Microsoft [1] http://haacked.com/Docs/PhillipHaack_Resume.html

Rob Conery is teasing. And Rob Connery, not Phil Haack does the "This Developer's Life" Podcast. Hence the joke. If Anders Hejlsberg replied, the thread would be complete.