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OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can assure you that Microsoft already purchases a ton of Macs. They develop software for Mac and iOS, after all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Do they just hand them out though to developers?

Edit: it’s a question, why the downvotes? Can I ask a question? Y’all are a tough crowd.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup they do, I worked there. Had 2 macs and an iPhone for development. Many employees use Mac laptops over surfaces as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Were you working specifically on Mac or iPhone related software? If I’m an Azure developer, can I use a Mac?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 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..

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Most mid-large companies do if it's required.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They don't seem to like developing for Mac though. They will shelf Visual Studio for Mac, next summer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I think they are pouring money into vscode instead of the MonoDevelop stuff

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hardly any startups in Silicon Valley use Windows.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 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).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 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.