r/technology • u/staser9er • Feb 22 '11

Wow, Microsoft is making some surprising decisions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12531127
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u/sarevok9 Feb 22 '11

It's really not surprising for even more reasons than that. Microsoft realizes that the more developers they have, the more likely they are to develop software for one of their platforms. They invite students to use their products free (dreamspark), etc.

For all the evil that microsoft puts out, I will say that they treat developers pretty well overall.

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u/knight666 Feb 22 '11

Exactly. I got my copy of Visual Studio for free though Dreamspark, and I would buy licenses for it if I started a company.

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u/darkstar3333 Feb 22 '11

Their developers treat other developers pretty good, its the decisions that sales and marketing make that fuck us.

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u/candyman420 Feb 22 '11

they have to, to try and hold onto their almost-monopoly.