`winget upgrade —-all` from a command line (assuming your Windows is reasonably up-to-date, otherwise, https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli to get the latest release manually)
It positively surprised me when I did `sudo winget upgrade` (I first did `winget install gerardog.gsudo` in an admin prompt) and it detected and upgraded the majority of the already installed OSS on my Windows workstation.
The author claims that code was copied but I looked at both repos and they share no code at all. [0] [1]
In his article, the author claims that " If I were the patenting type, this would be the thing you would patent. ps. I don't regret not patenting anything." That's really not how patents work, and looking at the repo, a second year CS student could do the same really. I don't see anything that could remotely be patented. It reads where to find the installer from a config file and determine what to do based on an enum.
He himself goes on to say he tried replicating the user experience from several existing package managers available on Linux. And Microsoft did create Nuget 12 years prior to AppGet. I’ll give some leeway to the author since I don’t think the author ever filed for a patent so he might not be familiar with the concept of prior art.
Throughout the article the author uses the term acqui-hire but it seems Microsoft was simply considering him for a PM position (and he failed the interview). There's nothing to acquire since there's no patent, no IP and no brand. Only a registered domain and what seems like an anemic userbase, if any.
I’ve done acqui-hires in the past and that’s not what the author describes. First you never deal with HR, there’s no regular interview (especially not at a hiring event and with other candidate present) and there’s always a contract. I get that the author isn’t really in a tier one market so he might not be familiar with how it’s done (or maybe customs are different where he’s from?) but what should have tipped him is that he never spoke to anyone from legal about licenses, only to an engineer who then referred him to HR…
However, the author is quite clever. Being featured in The Verge[0] and on HN's front page will probably bring a lot more eyeballs to the startups he's trying to promote. So congratulation to him for the free advertising!
[0] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
[1] https://github.com/appget/appget
[2] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21272964/microsoft-winget...
No. Both package managers are open-source and share no code. They aren't even written in the same language. [0] [1]
It seems the author of AppGet wanted to sell it to Microsoft and Microsoft didn't see anything worth to acquire. He never even spoke to the people who could make the purchasing decision. Then they gave him a regular PM interview and it seems he failed it.
Install a Package Manager like Chocolety [1], AppGet [2] or the new "Official" one WinGet
>>I couldnt find a simple, one-click way to change all these. I had to go over them one-by-one.. (.doc, .docx, .dochtml, .docxhtml, .xls, .xlsx, .xlshtml, .xslsxhtml,....)
Yea MS has tried to bork this, but in the "Default Apps" settings page of the new "Settings" Application, there is a link called "Set Defaults by App" that makes it MUCH easier than what you did which was "Choose Default Apps by File Type"
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
I like scoop though personally.
No, they used some very common and unoriginal ideas that were implemented in AppGet.
Can you point out exactly what was "ripped off" here?
- https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
- https://github.com/appget/appget
They're not even written in the same language. And everything done in AppGet has been done before. Yawn
> Big companies will try not to pay even when they have money.
I will try not to pay, even when I have money. I think this applies to most people. Who wants to pays for something that's already free? I'm not running a fuckin charity over here.
> To not even give the minimum of non-monetary credit...
They've given it.
However, I wonder if during all of this Keivan has credited Microsoft for all of the open source tools, services and frameworks that he's used in his other work???
I also agree he should credited more.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli https://github.com/appget/appget
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/manifes... https://github.com/appget/appget.packages/blob/master/manife...
"This project collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. See the privacy statement for more details." from https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
Possibly related:
Windows Package Manager Preview
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m...
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
[1] https://mybuild.microsoft.com
[2] https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion
[3] https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/19/microsofts-project-reunio...
Possibly related:
Windows Package Manager Preview
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m...
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
[1] https://mybuild.microsoft.com
[2] https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion
[3] https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/19/microsofts-project-reunio...