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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 02:47:16 -0000 (UTC)
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On 23 Mar 2024 02:40:16 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:20:47 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On 22 Mar 2024 17:47:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>> 
>>> It pains me to say it but MS has gotten much more civilized over the
>>> years.
>> 
>> Their motives haven’t changed, only their ability.
>> 
>> They used to be a technically inferior organization with massive
>> marketing capabilities. Nowadays the marketing machine is increasingly
>> looking out of touch.
> 
> WSL, and the cross platform VS Code and .NET are a long way from the
> Steve 'Linux is a cancer' Ballmer days.

Too little, too late. The downward slide continues.