Microsoft Missed the Boat - AI Code Editor

My formative years in tech were in the era of Slashdot and Linux becoming mainstream. Being a Microsoft hater (aka Micro$oft) was very popular at the time. Bill Gates was on the way out, handing the reins to Steve Ballmer and the company motto, at least externally, was Embrace, Extend and Extinguish . The company prioritized lock-in and leveraging their dominance, and open-source was not part of…