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Comment on OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

My favorite part about the Microsoft translation is that MS reportedly had to go out and buy a bunch of MacOS machines for the Open AI folks because they didn’t want to use the operating system that their future employer made.

I wonder if Apple’s two week return policy works for enterprise purchases of hundreds of machines.

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Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I can assure you that Microsoft already purchases a ton of Macs. They develop software for Mac and iOS, after all.

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- phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Do they just hand them out though to developers?
  
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  - Reeses258@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yup they do, I worked there. Had 2 macs and an iPhone for development. Many employees use Mac laptops over surfaces as well
    
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    phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Were you working specifically on Mac or iPhone related software? If I’m an Azure developer, can I use a Mac?
    
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  - dotMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Most mid-large companies do if it’s required.
    
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  - ddkman@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No they don’t. Microsoft makes software. Outsourcing making software makes no sense.
    
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  - MaggiWuerze@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Maybe not MacBooks, but some OSX device is needed if you want to develop for iOS. And I don’t see why they wouldn’t do that, a Mac is not that expensive from a business point of view.
    
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- BaardFigur@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They don’t seem to like developing for Mac though. They will shelf Visual Studio for Mac, next summer
  
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  - cultcult@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think they are pouring money into vscode instead of the MonoDevelop stuff
    
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phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hardly any startups in Silicon Valley use Windows.

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- AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s wild. I can’t dev for shit on a MacBook. I usually have to install Parallels or something if that’s the case.
  
  Or use Linux (when possible).
  
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- ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It makes sense. You can develop for Windows and Linux on Mac, but you can’t develop for Mac or iOS anywhere else but on Mac; at least not easily. In my job, I develop full stack web but also device code for Windows, Mac, and ChromeOS. It’s way more convenient for me to use a Mac with VMware running Windows and ChromeOS than trying to cobble together a device lab.
  
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