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The Long-Term Cost of Developer Alienation
The Long-Term Cost of Developer Alienation
 ### Gergely Orosz@GergelyOrosz
Microsoft later realized their mistake, but had to start from scratch to get back developer love in unrelated fields. GitHub, TypeScript, VS Code: all new platforms, language, products.
It takes a longer time to alienate devs, but then it's also very hard to reverse
C# is an amazing language... used by increasingly companies that used it before 2010! And MS cannot do anything about it today: the damage was done by coupling expensive Visual Studio licenses with C# for a decade+!
Apr 1, 2026, 10:10 AM View on X
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Continuing the discussion on Microsoft, Gergely notes that while they pivoted to open-source, the damage from past licensing models remains.
Summary
As a follow-up, Gergely explains that while Microsoft successfully pivoted with modern tools like VS Code and TypeScript, they still struggle with the legacy of their previous licensing model. He emphasizes that alienating developers is a long-term mistake that is difficult to reverse, even with better products.
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