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Like every other technological advancement in history, people who adopt it will benefit, while those who stick their head in the sand and cry "this is bad", "this will put people out of a job" etc. will get left behind.



> those who stick their head in the sand and cry "this is bad"

Hey, this is me! :-)

I like being able to develop stuff without depending on someone else's computer, on non-free software and on an internet connection.

quietly closes the door muttering "get off my lawn"


Except now Microsoft is sitting between you and the technology.

Basing your future on that is quite a bet.


So just like MS Office, Windows, Photoshop, AutoCAD and thousands of other essential commercial products controlled by a single company or small group of companies. This is not some unique phenomenon.


This is like saying that you can ignore Google because we have DDG and Bing.




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