To me this juxtaposition sheds light on whether software development tooling will be more useful for existing Big Tech companies or for startups.

Microsoft releases at least a public beta version of Windows that uses no C/C++ code

Elon Musk's "Macrohard" software company releases a full-featured operating system (i.e., a legitimate competitor to Windows)

https://www.itpro.com/software/development/microsoft-rust-programming-language-modernization-ai

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1958852874236305793?lang=en

As a Microsoftie myself, I won't bet on this market.

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