When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
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Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#2if it was an open project the narrative would be "reaction to the suggestion was mixed; then it was adopted." Its not like Microsoft is a singular mind here; the poor slobs working there do not deserve to be tarred with all the sins of that name, and vice versa.
That said, why suggest anything to Microsoft? I no longer advocate for the dissolution of the company and torment of its employees with the fervor i used to, but they're still not deserving of engagement and assistance as if they were actual members of civil society.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#31. The linked threads don't support the title written here.
2. Even if this were true, who cares?
3. Microsoft comes across fine. The dev comes across as entitled and petty.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#4Previous context can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27728177
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#5Pretty sure the "trivial" in the blog post is sarcastic, or at least slightly self depracating.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#6if it was an open project the narrative would be "reaction to the suggestion was mixed; then it was adopted." Its not like Microsoft is a singular mind here; the poor slobs working there do not deserve to be tarred with all the sins of that name, and vice versa. That said, why suggest anything to Microsoft? I no longer advocate for the dissolution of the company and torment of its employees with the fervor i used to,…
It was the same guy in both cases
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#7if it was an open project the narrative would be "reaction to the suggestion was mixed; then it was adopted." Its not like Microsoft is a singular mind here; the poor slobs working there do not deserve to be tarred with all the sins of that name, and vice versa. That said, why suggest anything to Microsoft? I no longer advocate for the dissolution of the company and torment of its employees with the fervor i used to,…
1) 1980-2000 Microsoft was evil. I find 2022 Microsoft to be ahead of Google and Facebook on the ethics front, so YMMV. Microsoft doesn't do much antitrust anymore, is /more/ respectful of privacy than most of the tech industry, and by some measures, is the world's largest contributor to the open source collective. Tools like Visual Studio Code are pretty good too, and run on GNU/Linux.
2) Even with evil companies, contributing doesn't always mean helping evil. Companies are, as you pointed out, abstractions. I find much of what Facebook / Meta does to be particularly evil, but they have some very good, ethical projects I'd gladly work on or contribute to.
3) Even so, if an organization were evil, there are different tactics. Microsoft isn't going away. One can affect change from the outside or from the inside. In many cases, the best way to turn evil into good is to engage and contribute.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#8if it was an open project the narrative would be "reaction to the suggestion was mixed; then it was adopted." Its not like Microsoft is a singular mind here; the poor slobs working there do not deserve to be tarred with all the sins of that name, and vice versa. That said, why suggest anything to Microsoft? I no longer advocate for the dissolution of the company and torment of its employees with the fervor i used to,…
Vice versa is fine and correct, however I have experienced a few open source Microsoft teams in the past couple of years with a similar opinion to issues and contributions who are clearly hiding behind the brand (and its direction), it also negatively effects my opinion of Microsoft.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#9if it was an open project the narrative would be "reaction to the suggestion was mixed; then it was adopted." Its not like Microsoft is a singular mind here; the poor slobs working there do not deserve to be tarred with all the sins of that name, and vice versa. That said, why suggest anything to Microsoft? I no longer advocate for the dissolution of the company and torment of its employees with the fervor i used to,…
1) 1980-2000 Microsoft was evil. I find 2022 Microsoft to be ahead of Google and Facebook on the ethics front, so YMMV. Microsoft doesn't do much antitrust anymore, is /more/ respectful of privacy than most of the tech industry, and by some measures, is the world's largest contributor to the open source collective. Tools like Visual Studio Code are pretty good too, and run on GNU/Linux. 2) Even with evil companies, c…
> is /more/ respectful of privacy than most of the tech industry
How do you figure? They own Bing and Windows 1x is full of mandatory telemetry.
Re: When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"
#10Pretty sure the "trivial" in the blog post is sarcastic, or at least slightly self depracating.
Given that writer's track record on self-reflection and introspection, I'd say it's not.