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[sendersu]

its too late for MS to open up the books
all the world is moving to opensource/Linux/etc so these guys are pretty late.....

[xiaohang99]

Originally Posted by sendersu

its too late for MS to open up the books
all the world is moving to opensource/Linux/etc so these guys are pretty late.....

yes , it's true ,may of my coworker were moving to Linux/Android ,but I decide moving to Unix/OS X

[Upz]

Originally Posted by sendersu

its too late for MS to open up the books
all the world is moving to opensource/Linux/etc so these guys are pretty late.....

I do not consider this a complete truth. As opensource / linux options have improved greatly in recent years and are currently completely acceptable options for businesses and home users. At the business level I think the opensource options are the reality, among the various reasons is the cost. Already for the standard home user is still far from Microsoft losing its reign. Obviously its not more like in the 90's, the production of mutilplatform programs changed the game, but the breadth and mastery of microsoft is still sovereign.

[chants]

MS has totally changed directions under the latest CEO. This whole discussion is a bit off topic but I do not think people are moving in any globally meaningful terms (and here is the obvious evidence):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems

https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

Windows has a lot of merits and positives from a consistent and well implemented UI and API behind that UI, to integration between phone and desktop (though the new direction killed their phone hardware nearly completely).

VS is already C++14 and will be C++17 compliant by years end albeit with a different toolset.

I consider the proficient developer to have a mastery of both Windows and Linux as platforms and ability to write portable solutions be they simply in Java or .NET achieving portability via money or requiring conditional compilation techniques in C/C++.

The problem is this is just opinion and comparing platforms and application stacks and operating systems is too complex to get anywhere but endless debates of nitpicks and biases. So take everything here with a grain of salt.