Hackernews used to experience a collective paroxysm of joy every time a new Visual Studio Code dropped. There definitely was a pervasive belief that the Nadella era ushered in a cuddly new Microsoft.

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danlugo92 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I remember a time, way back, around 2010 maybe?, where Microsoft was referred to as "M$" in this place and generally perceived as an evil corporation o.O

	▲	hparadiz 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Both things can be true. VSCode did help us get to the point where I can use it on Linux, MacOS, or Windows and have a lot interoperability. It's the typical cycle. All it takes is a couple people to get their hands on managing the code to turn anything into garbage.
	▲	krupan 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Lol, yep! That actually goes way back before 2010. It probably started in the early 90's, at least