Embrace and kill: AppGet dev claims Microsoft reeled him in with talk of help and a job -- then released remarkably similar package manager

Posted by bob on May 31, 2020 5:11 PM EDT
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'We appreciated your input and insights' Updated Keivan Beigi, developer of AppGet, has described how Microsoft nearly hired him to work on the open-source Windows package manager as an official feature, then went quiet for six months before announcing WinGet, which Beigi says is "very inspired by AppGet".…

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