OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft

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OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft
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Do they just hand them out though to developers?

Edit: it’s a question, why the downvotes? Can I ask a question? Y’all are a tough crowd.

Yup they do, I worked there. Had 2 macs and an iPhone for development. Many employees use Mac laptops over surfaces as well

Were you working specifically on Mac or iPhone related software? If I’m an Azure developer, can I use a Mac?

I worked on an app team, PowerPoint. After Balmer left, policies changed such that any new office app features had to ship on both windows and Mac at the same time. (Or least try to)

So I think that definitely helped and allowed people to request macs as thier laptops. For azure, I'm not sure..

Maybe not MacBooks, but some OSX device is needed if you want to develop for iOS. And I don't see why they wouldn't do that, a Mac is not that expensive from a business point of view.

No they don't. Microsoft makes software. Outsourcing making software makes no sense.