cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3229309

From the Atlanta Daily World:

In a surprising yet increasingly common move, Microsoft has quietly dismantled its team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  The decision, communicated via email to the affected employees on July 1, cited “changing business needs” as the reason for the layoffs. While the exact number of employees impacted remains unclear, the team’s lead didn’t … Continued

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    • TimeSquirrel
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      32 months ago

      open source all their proprietary code.

      We did it once with Win2k…good times.

          • @radivojevic
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            42 months ago

            Did anyone ever do anything with it? It probably helped emulators I guess, depending on what code leaked.

            • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              32 months ago

              It makes things worse for projects like emulators, because of any of the leaked code makes its way into their project, they can get sued. Even if it just looks like they used it to develop it, they can get sued. It’s not worth the risk, so projects like emulators will avoid that like the plague.

              • @radivojevic
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                12 months ago

                No, I don’t mean copying code. I mean understanding windows api calls, and how the system works.

                • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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                  32 months ago

                  Right, but if your code happens to look similar to Windows code (which it will), you’re open to copyright takedowns, even if you didn’t copy a single line. Your best defense is saying you never looked at it.