embrace, extend, extinguish

"I'll just use github. It's not like I'm supporting Microsoft by using it." -> "I'll just use VS Code" -> (It's okay it's open source) -> "Wow Visual Studio looks good too" -> "I'll just use Windows" -> "Wow look how easy it is to use Azure with Visual Studio" -> "What's Linux?"

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There is some truth to this. CLR was on the verge of dying before Mono/.NET Core got the attention of the Linux community.

I wonder if Windows OS will become "open source" the same way Chromium is open source where no one without a compute cluster and API keys would be able to actually compile it.