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It's not just MS that has changed. Every aspect of every industry that MS competes in has changed. To argue that the same business practices from the 90s appl
by 2bitencryption 10y ago
It's not just MS that has changed. Every aspect of every industry that MS competes in has changed.
To argue that the same business practices from the 90s apply today, especially in the technology sector where the entire plane shifts radically every other year... that's just crazy. I don't see why so many people buy into it still.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI suspect a lot of is that people formed that opinion of Microsoft in their formative years. This generation we commonly see on HN has this childhood definition of Microsoft as evil internalized at a pretty deep level. People look for reasons to justify their beliefs more than they look for reasons to challenge them. There are companies I got a bad impression of many years ago too that I am hesitant to reevaluate. I think it's pretty normal/natural, even though it's kinda unhealthy from an intellectual standpoint.