Programming

3347 readers

1 users here now

All things programming and coding related. Subcommunity of Technology.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Why did Microsoft Build VSCode? Turns out, GitHub Copilot. (codeium.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Microsoft is breaking its open and extension-friendly ethos with VSCode in order to cripple GitHub Copilot competitors with restricted APIs.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sergiu 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wait, Windows is free now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Generally they don't care, they want you in the ecosystem. I don't know if they explicitely label it as free, but you can download an ISO, install it, and log in and I believe you're good to go now. Or if you have any Windows 7-10 key I believe they are honored. (Someone call me out if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I installed Windows). But I don't think they care at all anymore, I think it's been more about bringing people into their platform.

What's better for Windows? a 1 time purchase of $99 or give that away for free then charge $150/year for Office?

[–] KerPop47 1 points 2 years ago

Haa been for decades iirc. Windows is free, but customization features are locked behind a license. I remember my dad's Windows XP being unlicensed, and the biggest issue was just a notification in the bottom corner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

No, it isn't. They just gave free upgrades from 7 to 10 and 10 to 11.