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Describe the abstraction layers of a closed source project in the context of Microsoft
You can’t, unless you work for Microsoft
There’s market forces, which is not what you described; rather tooling and nuance specific to software development
When Microsoft controls the input and outputs, it’s a closed loop affected by Microsoft governance, not random tools, systems or transparent inputs
.Net
Ah yes, the open source dotnet as an example of closed source abstractions
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/open-source
You wanted an abstraction layer, I provided one.
You shared an open source project. Comprehension is a skill
I'm a software engineer at a large company you may not have heard of, but you almost certainly know at least one of their brands. Abstraction layers are all over the place; they're not a symptom of open-source software, they're a symptom of lots of modern software.
How do external factors affect closed source systems, when the entire lifecycle is governed by Microsoft
Because even closed source systems don't exist in a vacuum?!
Well indeed, if the closed source project has closed SDLC that’s the definition of developed and governed with internally defined goals and abstractions
Literally the definition of