▲ 439 ▼ Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (www.theregister.com) submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] recall519@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children) But Microsoft developed it in the first place. It's perfectly within their rights to pull it and developers making money off of their work isn't bad either. I love a good pitchfork to corporate, but this is honestly fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vivendi@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well; companies used to get anti-trust laser canon'ed from orbit for less; but good luck with that in modern America permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I wholeheartedly agree that monopolistic practices should be nuked instantly, but I disagree that this was ever well enforced. Microsoft got away with murder in the 90's before they went to court and even then, feels like they got a slap on the wrist... I think that this particular case is very far from that, but it does start to smell the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago You should study about the trustbusting era of early 1900s. Then in the late 70s a new law reinforced antitrust legislation. The issue is that the pendulum swings fast away from trustbusting and slowly back to it. Trustbusting creates economic development and prosperity, reducing public outcry for it, and capitalists yank the levers of government again towards monopoly building. You mention the nineties, by even then Netscape successfully challenged Microsoft. But it was too little too late. The pendulum was already swinging back to monopoly, and it's reaching it's maximum in our days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 1 point 1 year ago I think owning a platform like GitHub and acting like you can profit out of your code (not your product) isn't good news. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vivendi@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well; companies used to get anti-trust laser canon'ed from orbit for less; but good luck with that in modern America permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I wholeheartedly agree that monopolistic practices should be nuked instantly, but I disagree that this was ever well enforced. Microsoft got away with murder in the 90's before they went to court and even then, feels like they got a slap on the wrist... I think that this particular case is very far from that, but it does start to smell the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago You should study about the trustbusting era of early 1900s. Then in the late 70s a new law reinforced antitrust legislation. The issue is that the pendulum swings fast away from trustbusting and slowly back to it. Trustbusting creates economic development and prosperity, reducing public outcry for it, and capitalists yank the levers of government again towards monopoly building. You mention the nineties, by even then Netscape successfully challenged Microsoft. But it was too little too late. The pendulum was already swinging back to monopoly, and it's reaching it's maximum in our days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I wholeheartedly agree that monopolistic practices should be nuked instantly, but I disagree that this was ever well enforced. Microsoft got away with murder in the 90's before they went to court and even then, feels like they got a slap on the wrist... I think that this particular case is very far from that, but it does start to smell the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago You should study about the trustbusting era of early 1900s. Then in the late 70s a new law reinforced antitrust legislation. The issue is that the pendulum swings fast away from trustbusting and slowly back to it. Trustbusting creates economic development and prosperity, reducing public outcry for it, and capitalists yank the levers of government again towards monopoly building. You mention the nineties, by even then Netscape successfully challenged Microsoft. But it was too little too late. The pendulum was already swinging back to monopoly, and it's reaching it's maximum in our days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago You should study about the trustbusting era of early 1900s. Then in the late 70s a new law reinforced antitrust legislation. The issue is that the pendulum swings fast away from trustbusting and slowly back to it. Trustbusting creates economic development and prosperity, reducing public outcry for it, and capitalists yank the levers of government again towards monopoly building. You mention the nineties, by even then Netscape successfully challenged Microsoft. But it was too little too late. The pendulum was already swinging back to monopoly, and it's reaching it's maximum in our days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 1 point 1 year ago I think owning a platform like GitHub and acting like you can profit out of your code (not your product) isn't good news. permalink fedilink source parent