Pretty cool!
Are all these happening because Satya Nadella is trying to steer MS in new direction?
Are all these happening because Satya Nadella is trying to steer MS in new direction?
I'm not saying Scott is responsible, just that many people have been suggesting it for a long long time.
I saw a job today asking for TFS skills. THAT is a dying product...
[1] http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ExampleHowToContributeAPatchTo...
Which they now will be using Github for? Oh. That's definitely interesting.
Just like TFS, and I have seen many Java teams moving in, ditching various expensive products from IBM, HP etc. Team sizes or focus in HN might be different so TFS might be seen as dying, but it's not the case in the field.
Microsoft has a heap of products and platforms not once mentioned on HN, but which are humongous in the organizations which decides to adapt them: Sharepoint, BizTalk, etc.
But TFS has always been "the" corner-stone for optimal development in the Microsoft-world, when developing according to Microsoft agile/solutions-framework (MSF, etc).
When Microsoft's own SDK teams dismiss their own development tools and platforms like TFS and Codeplex for competing platforms, like Git & Github, it definitely sends out mixed signals.
Anyway you see it, Linus Thorvalds must be pretty happy now. Not only are Microsoft providing tools and source to the Linux-world, they are now also using his tools to develop their own platform.
How things have changed, eh?
For a while those forces have struggled to have their voices heard but now they have a bit more cohesion and momentum on their side so you're seeing more of these things.
To me, it doesn't feel like a natural evolution at all, in fact it feels more like a sign that MS is embracing the open source community. So they can focus their energy on what's important, developing their software and maintaining good connection with the developer community.
Yes, precisely. I'm not sure how you didn't get that out of what I said, but that's what was meant.