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Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by cheald »

joshuapants wrote: post #32
micampe wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When most companies say free they mean free of charge, if they want to say open source they say open source, because that’s the term the world understands. Basically only the FSF uses free to mean Free Software.

Open source doesn't imply free (or libre, if you prefer)

The OSI and FSF say otherwise.

http://opensource.org/osd

http://opensource.org/faq#free-software

> "Free software" and "open source software" are two terms for the same thing: software released under licenses that guarantee a certain, specific set of freedoms.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

> “Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer”. We sometimes call it “libre software” to show we do not mean it is gratis.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by MoOmer »

nothrabannosir wrote: post #56

Wow. I seriously don't know what to think anymore. What is their end game? Which platform are they hoping to become / remain dominant in? Don't get me wrong---I'm as happy as the next guy about this. VS is the only tolerable language-dedicated IDE, if they take 25% of their VS engineering mantra to this it will be better than almost anything else. But where does it end? I am clearly so not in touch with my inner mba.…

Simply the same as usual: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguis...

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by wlesieutre »

edgyswingset wrote: post #69
nothrabannosir wrote: post #56

Wow. I seriously don't know what to think anymore. What is their end game? Which platform are they hoping to become / remain dominant in? Don't get me wrong---I'm as happy as the next guy about this. VS is the only tolerable language-dedicated IDE, if they take 25% of their VS engineering mantra to this it will be better than almost anything else. But where does it end? I am clearly so not in touch with my inner mba.…

My hypothesis is that winning over developers to use their platform will eventually result in more Azure users. I get the feeling Azure will be their one of their next cash cows, and this is one of the steps in enabling that.

Azure users and native app developers on the Windows Store.

With the free W10 upgrades for 7/8 users and a 30% cut of Windows Store sales, they stand to make some money. But they have to get developers back on their side first, otherwise the store stays dominated by garbage.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by cliveowen »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #76
cliveowen wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More than a year ago I skipped the page that asked me to enable the two-factor authentication, as I didn't want to give Microsoft my phone number. One day I found myself completely locked out of my account. Long story short, I've never been able to access my email account again, since that day. The instructions to unblock the account [1], say, I shit you not: >"To unblock your account go to https://account.live.com a…

https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx doesnt seem to require my password. I was able to select "I know my password, but can't log in" then chose "I don't have any of these" at which point I was given a form to fill out to have a CS rep contact me. Give it a try, it might give you access to your account again.

It's what I did at the time, and I did it again now, but it doesn't work. I can change password as many times as I want, but the account is still blocked for no reason.

Re: Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor

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Post by [deleted] »

davexunit wrote: post #80
clarry wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It pretty much always does.

Many companies use "open source" or simply "open" in a way that isn't compatible with the open source definition. This is known as open washing. A good, non-Microsoft example is Epic Games and Unreal Tournament 4. They talk a lot about being "open", but the source code and assets are all proprietary.

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