On: The Day AppGet Died (2020)

[LeonB]

This caused a big splash at the time.

Here’s some links on ‘what happened next’ (though I’d love to know what else has happened since!)

- “Microsoft finally gives AppGet developer the credit he deserves” (https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/6/2/21277863/micr...)

Microsoft response:

- “winget install learning” by “Andrew” at Microsoft (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/winget-install-le...)

[gdcbe → LeonB]

I find it a bit shallow that they throw around these words so easily. The apologies would have a bit more worth IMHO if they actually would compensate him financially for the foundational work. Sure it’s not a legal requirement but I do believe it is the right thing to do and it’s not like they would feel it…

[908B64B197 → gdcbe]

There wasn't anything foundational.

The author himself said he wanted to replicate the package managers available on Linux.