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On Sun, 18 May 2025 18:54:48 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

>> What's interesting is who is expendable.
>> 
>> https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/
microsofts_axe_software_developers/<
> 
> And I get the impression that it doesn't matter how experienced or
> educated you are either.

I could read that both ways. Microsoft has lost interest in TypeScript, 
which is not atypical for Microsoft, or X has been screwing around with 
TypeScript for 15 years with nothing to show for it.

I lean to the goat behind Door 1 but I also realize there are a lot of 
corporate drones that nobody wanted to fire as long as their budgets got 
approved.