This tweet from a Microsoft employee seems significant to me. I’m not even going to attempt to offer any opinions. I was just quite surprised to read this and thought some of you might be interested as well.
https://mobile.twitter.com/thelarkinn/status/1006746626617008128?s=21
Associated HN thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17300893
skane2600
<p>Because rewriting Netscape Navigator in Java worked out so well? Microsoft doesn't have anything better to do than rewrite working applications in a new language? Sounds like more RDD (Resume Driven Development) to me.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#284102"><em>In reply to TheJoeFin:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Office Online is surely being rewritten in TypeScript because MS has been using it everywhere."</p><p><br></p><p>Obviously not actually "everywhere", but even if TypeScript is used extensively by MS that would not be evidence that Office Online is being written in it.</p>