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

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/14/20 2:54 PM, James Lu wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 at 06:20:02 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>> We are one of them, and I am aiming to hire 20 people to write D over 
>> the next year or two.
>>
>> Laeeth
> 
> Do you have any open internships available for students and those
> without college degrees?

Yes to internships. (I don't know about the degree requirement.)

I should add that since recently I am also working with Laeeth. 
Obviously, Symmetry comes with my recommendation as a great place to work.