<story><title>Visual Studio Code 1.7.1</title><url>http://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_7#_171-recovery-build</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mattmanser</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t get the end game though, what is the strategy?&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, if you end up using Linux .net core + typescript, they seem to be killing off visual studio, IIS, Windows Server, etc.&lt;p&gt;For what? Azure, glorified hosting that might end up a race to the bottom vs AWS &amp;amp; GCE? Selling SQL server licences?&lt;p&gt;I just don&amp;#x27;t get the strategy. I&amp;#x27;m genuinely asking, where is this actually taking them apart from burning a bunch of money making free tools? Why are they making .Net core?</text></item><item><author>pavlov</author><text>&lt;i&gt;The team Microsoft really seems to be invested in this free code editor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s great strategic marketing. Making Visual Studio Code costs a fraction of what Microsoft spent on the Surface RT marketing campaign (as an example), and the benefits to their image are much more powerful and long-lasting.&lt;p&gt;The Microsoft brand has been completely reborn in the eyes of developers over the past few years. The lows of 2007-2010 seem a distant memory.</text></item><item><author>jagermo</author><text>Can I say that I really like the speed of these updates? The team Microsoft really seems to be invested in this free code editor.&lt;p&gt;And a lot of the features are cool, however I really like:&lt;p&gt;| Help &amp;gt; Keyboard Shortcuts Reference brings up a printable PDF reference sheet of VS Code command keyboard shortcuts. Keep this reference handy and you&amp;#x27;ll be a VS Code power user in no time.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>oblio</author><text>IMO the long term strategy is Enterprise Javascript on one hand and Azure on the other one.&lt;p&gt;Azure is the obvious one.&lt;p&gt;Enterprise Javascript is basically:&lt;p&gt;1. Javascript is probably the most popular programming language at the moment (or at least top 3).&lt;p&gt;2. Since the creation of Node Javascript has entered the realm of back end services applications.&lt;p&gt;3. There&amp;#x27;s a lot of Javascript being written these days, and those lines of code will have to be maintained.&lt;p&gt;4. A large enterprise will need good tools from a solid, respected vendor, preferably one that has a great image in the developer community.&lt;p&gt;5. These tools, Open Source but beefed up with enterprise extensions, will cost $$$.&lt;p&gt;Microsoft was losing the back end completely, on the long term. It has already lost the frond end: web, Android, iOS. Now it&amp;#x27;s clawing its way back with its back end stacks or at least with tools meant for Open Source stacks.&lt;p&gt;Mark my words, after this huge flurry of development to mark Visual Studio Code as the leading cross platform &amp;quot;light IDE&amp;quot; (ahead of Sublime, Atom and maybe even ahead of some &amp;quot;heavy IDEs&amp;quot; such as Eclipse or Netbeans), Microsoft will release proprietary extensions, especially things targeting big enterprises.&lt;p&gt;In my eyes, this is a win-win situation. Microsoft still makes money, developers don&amp;#x27;t get EEEd like in the bad old 90s, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>Visual Studio Code 1.7.1</title><url>http://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_7#_171-recovery-build</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mattmanser</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t get the end game though, what is the strategy?&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, if you end up using Linux .net core + typescript, they seem to be killing off visual studio, IIS, Windows Server, etc.&lt;p&gt;For what? Azure, glorified hosting that might end up a race to the bottom vs AWS &amp;amp; GCE? Selling SQL server licences?&lt;p&gt;I just don&amp;#x27;t get the strategy. I&amp;#x27;m genuinely asking, where is this actually taking them apart from burning a bunch of money making free tools? Why are they making .Net core?</text></item><item><author>pavlov</author><text>&lt;i&gt;The team Microsoft really seems to be invested in this free code editor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s great strategic marketing. Making Visual Studio Code costs a fraction of what Microsoft spent on the Surface RT marketing campaign (as an example), and the benefits to their image are much more powerful and long-lasting.&lt;p&gt;The Microsoft brand has been completely reborn in the eyes of developers over the past few years. The lows of 2007-2010 seem a distant memory.</text></item><item><author>jagermo</author><text>Can I say that I really like the speed of these updates? The team Microsoft really seems to be invested in this free code editor.&lt;p&gt;And a lot of the features are cool, however I really like:&lt;p&gt;| Help &amp;gt; Keyboard Shortcuts Reference brings up a printable PDF reference sheet of VS Code command keyboard shortcuts. Keep this reference handy and you&amp;#x27;ll be a VS Code power user in no time.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elnado</author><text>In 2012ish as a freshman intern at Microsoft, I asked Will Kennedy (then CVP in Office) how did he feel about people pirating Office apps. He said that they would rather permit people to use illegal versions of Office than have them use their competitor&amp;#x27;s tools. Essentially he was saying Microsoft would rather people use their products free of charge rather than using other products as it promotes Microsoft image and helps Microsoft dominate the workspace. Promoting VSCode vs Visual studio are not competing efforts - the two tools are solving different problems in different work environments &amp;#x2F; tech stacks. They&amp;#x27;re simply trying to branch out to permeate more of the workplace, and it&amp;#x27;s working. Now that I&amp;#x27;m in a startup in SF, I look around and I see some people switching from Sublime to VSCode for our web&amp;#x2F;backend stack, who would never ever use Visual Studio (100% macs here).</text></comment>