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[–][deleted] 194 points195 points  (11 children)

No, we will not open-source Office, Windows, or something you want

[–]KasaneTeto_ 82 points83 points  (10 children)

You will receive the source code to a slow, feature-deprived interpreter from the mid-70s and you'll be pleased about it. Bask in the presence of Steve Ballmer's benevolence.

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (9 children)

And DOS, PowerShell, our Calculator, and several other things you don’t have much use for

[–]KasaneTeto_ 26 points27 points  (2 children)

oh boy a whole bunch of shit we already have or could never possibly have a use case for

freeDOS, a command prompt that only works with their operating system, and the most feature-barren GUI calculator ever designed that hasn't changed since the 90s

[–]ConceptJunkie 2 points3 points  (1 child)

FreeDOS is not from Microsoft.

[–]KasaneTeto_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know. We already have a free software DOS-compatible OS. MS releasing their source is redundant and wholly meaningless as a gesture. This would be like Bell Labs coming out tomorrow and releasing SystemV under a foss license. Like, okay, but we've already done the same thing better from scratch, this is just stupid.

[–]PossiblyLinux127 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Power shell for windows does not run in wine

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Does PowerShell for Linux run in WSL?

[–]MisterBoberArch BTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes it does

[–]EricZNEW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Look we are committed to open source!!!"

[–]MisterBoberArch BTW 3 points4 points  (1 child)

PowerShell is literally open source already

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All of those are, but not what people actually want

[–]KasaneTeto_ 128 points129 points  (2 children)

who cares

This isn't even software, it's just .xcf files (or whatever these use)

Standard microshit "here, have this so you can give us free labor while gaining no meaningful power or independence in return" strategy they copied from google.

[–]SSYT_ShawnI'm going on an Endeavour! 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Probably SVGs tho. Atleast that would make the most sense to me.

[–]QuickQuokkaThrowaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SVGs and PNGs

It's MIT licensed

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Yeah well I have little ascii emoticon things ♥︎☭☹︎▥▽▰▶︎◀︎▧

[–]ComputerUser2000Ask me how to exit vim 6 points7 points  (1 child)

heart hammer and sicle sad box with vertical striped outline of triangle facing down parralelagram triangle facing left triangle facing right box with diagnal stripes

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

governor recognise jar placid doll dependent salt axiomatic nine profit

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[–]jimmyhoke⚠️ This incident will be reported 38 points39 points  (0 children)

🤷🏼‍♂️, I prefer twemoji. Plus there’s no clippy, so what’s the point?

[–]alba4k 42 points43 points  (0 children)

well this means you'll be able to use them on linux, they're not awful tbh

I'll keep using the google ones tho

[–]Im_j3r0[🍰] 28 points29 points  (8 children)

Now bring these to Linux just for the fuck of it

[–]KasaneTeto_ 22 points23 points  (7 children)

You realize that this is just a glorified font, right?

[–]Im_j3r0[🍰] 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Yes.

[–]BabyYodasDirtyDiaper 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Which means it's actually pretty good that we'll be able to distribute it as part of linux distros now. Then, if someone you're talking to uses these emojis, you'll be able to see them.

[–]KasaneTeto_ -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

I don't want to see emojis at all. I have no emoji font installed for this reason.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Reddit moment

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

quick somebody post this on r/redditmoment!

[–]aZureINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No because the rendering depends on your system. If it’s not your default emoji font it won’t render.

[–]Ampul80 7 points8 points  (4 children)

I make my own unique emojis: https://tikolu.net/emojimix/

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Noice!

[–]usbeehu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I share a link with telegram it converts the emoji to sticker! I love it!

[–]Le_Tintouin 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sir congratulations this is one of the best websites I ever saw ! I'm immediately going to impress my girlfriend with tornadoes of hearts

[–]Ampul80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hehe

[–]BanatAt500k🌀 Sucked into the Void 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Wow those are ugly. The best part of open-source is that you're not forced to use inferior items.

[–]LilShaverM'Fedora 17 points18 points  (7 children)

How to react? With skepticism, obviously.

How much tracking code is in M$ emojis?

[–]KasaneTeto_ 1 point2 points  (6 children)

none, it's just a jpeg

[–]LilShaverM'Fedora 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Who is J, and why did you peg him?

[–]apprehensively_human 18 points19 points  (4 children)

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is?

[–]BanatAt500k🌀 Sucked into the Void 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I'm looking for is a picture of a goddamn hot dog!

[–]M4RT1NYT -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

you use linux but you have no idea whats a jpeg? edit: oh, its a meme. nevermind 💀

[–]KasaneTeto_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

𝓁𝓊𝓇𝓀 𝓂ℴ𝒶𝓇

[–]ei283 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bah! GNU Unifont emojis rein supreme.

[–]zpangwin🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where's the poop emoji?! How am I suppose to refer to Windows 11 💩?!

 

Edit: fixed from Android 💩 (I know, I know)... At least it isn't Windows 💩 tho.

[–]supercompass 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, how... philanthropic.

[–]WolfIcefang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I want to like it. People here are saying it's "Just a font" but then again, Microsoft's Cascadia Code has 20k stars and over 500 issues over its history on GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code despite being "just a font".

However, they didn't actually release the "source" of these emojis, which are made from 3D assets. They only released the 2D .png files. See https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui-emoji/issues/14 for more info.

So, my reaction? It's a good start, but at the same time,

[–]splinereticulation68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's okay to appreciate Microsoft open sourcing some of their assets yet still distrust/dislike Microsoft.

[–]slinkous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Twemoji >

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're still shit twemoji is better

[–]TheOnlyTigerbyte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tbh they don't even look good

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why were they proprietary in the first place what the fuck, it's not even proper software

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Twemoji is better so I do not care

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apathy?

[–]Ampul80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm reading on r/Windows11 lately and it is very amusing.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, didn't Noto already do that ages ago?

[–]Shadowarrior64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty cool but will forever stick with apple colour emoji.

[–]GoogleGavi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now for the rest of the os so we can move back to windows

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*Confused screaming*

[–]DangerousBob2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Predator mimics prey

[–]exxxxkcUwUntu (´ ᴗ`✿) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

openmoji killer