Microsoft (MSFT) is holding a programming conference on Wednesday called Connect(). In one of the (now deleted) announcements, one of the topics may have been an announcement that the company is planning to bring its Visual Studio developer’s suite over to the Mac.
TechCrunch noted that while Microsoft has traditionally tried to steer developers towards using Windows, the global shift towards cloud computing means that developers are less tied to a single OS or piece of hardware. It can still make money off, however, off of software and its own cloud platform, Azure.
Indeed under current CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has become increasingly Mac- and iOS-friendly, content to have people on non-Windows platforms so long as they’re using Microsoft services.
At the same time it has also been diving more deeply into hardware, expanding its Surface line with products like the Surface Book and the Surface Studio, and experimenting with its own augmented reality technology, HoloLens.
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