Why didn't Micro Soft take D as their new language?

[aberba]

On Monday, 15 June 2020 at 10:11:09 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 at 06:20:02 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>>
>> In 1958 the average lifespan of a
> On the other hand, people shouldn't wonder why D is not widely 
> adopted (as in "Why didn't Microsoft..." etc.). D has become a 
> special interest / niche language with a close-knit community, 
> there is no room for the "bigger picture", no interest in 
> bringing D into a shape that makes it fit for general purpose 
> use throughout the IT industry, not just niches.
>
>
> [1] https://dlang.org/foundation/sponsors.html

Never knew companies like triplebyte have an interest in D.