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The perception of MSFT in the IT Industy has been improving. Seems like it has been largely due to their open source and innovation activities. I have recently
by origami777 10y ago
The perception of MSFT in the IT Industy has been improving. Seems like it has been largely due to their open source and innovation activities.
I have recently competed against MSFT in the field. And I can assure you they are up to their old dirt bag tricks. The one I disliked the most was modifying customer contracts to inflate sales numbers of some of their products.
When I see news like this I'm not surprised.
Their moves don't seem genuine. Just some PR plan. Putting lipstick on a pig.
- cm3 10y agoWhile they cannot take back open sourcing some of the core technologies liberally, this doesn't mean their management had to be become friendly as well. Microsoft is so big that it's no wonder that one team does something great for everyone while another team partly voids the improvement by doing something stupid. Windows 8 and 10 have, as usual, improved the kernel and the surrounding subsystems but the stuff on top got worse in many aspects. My conclusion is that Microsoft is in need of a charismatic leader who keeps quality in check and regression to a minimum. Someone who doesn't tolerate the stuff they're pulling right now.