They don’t seem to like developing for Mac though. They will shelf Visual Studio for Mac, next summer
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Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 months agoI can assure you that Microsoft already purchases a ton of Macs. They develop software for Mac and iOS, after all.
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 9 months ago
cultcult@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think they are pouring money into vscode instead of the MonoDevelop stuff
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Do they just hand them out though to developers?
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
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?
Reeses258@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I worked on an app team, PowerPoint. After Balmer left, policies changed such that any new office app features had to ship on both windows and Mac at the same time. (Or least try to)
So I think that definitely helped and allowed people to request macs as thier laptops. For azure, I’m not sure…
dotMonkey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Most mid-large companies do if it’s required.
ddkman@lemm.ee 9 months ago
No they don’t. Microsoft makes software. Outsourcing making software makes no sense.
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.