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Not really. Microsoft has always had two sides, two forces constantly warring with each other internally. Microsoft is and always has been chock full of serious
by InclinedPlane 11y ago
Not really. Microsoft has always had two sides, two forces constantly warring with each other internally. Microsoft is and always has been chock full of serious, 100% authentic "hackers". And those have driven the company as much as high level business decisions over the years. Microsoft has long been a proponent for things like open platforms (such as the original PC design) and has long tried to be a good citizen within the computing industry. There was a period of time when those voices were muted compared to the voices of hard-nosed business types but you can see those forces re-asserting themselves in the current iteration of microsoft.
- 7952 11y agoFor years the hackers/pundits were telling MS to adopt a more inviting buisness plan with free versions etc. It is possible that this approach could be detrimental even if they hace good products. It is ironic that as consumer Windows has become a more polished product they have removed the premium pricing in favour of app stores and subscriptions.
- osullivj 11y agoAnd good evidence for this has been how developer friendly MS has always been. As Ballmer put it "developers, developers, developers!" Even at their most Netscape destroying height of evilness, MS was always great at documentation, code samples, dev events etc