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[+] -12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Windows OS updates and releases aren’t subject to this as it’s closed source

Whether human or machine, external factors are all internally decided

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Why do you assume this can't be an issue in a closed source?

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Describe the abstraction layers of a closed source project in the context of Microsoft

    You can’t, unless you work for Microsoft

    There’s market forces, which is not what you described; rather tooling and nuance specific to software development

    When Microsoft controls the input and outputs, it’s a closed loop affected by Microsoft governance, not random tools, systems or transparent inputs

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm a software engineer at a large company you may not have heard of, but you almost certainly know at least one of their brands. Abstraction layers are all over the place; they're not a symptom of open-source software, they're a symptom of lots of modern software.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    How do external factors affect closed source systems, when the entire lifecycle is governed by Microsoft

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ah yes, the open source dotnet as an example of closed source abstractions

    https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/open-source

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You wanted an abstraction layer, I provided one.

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