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People who have known Microsoft and struggle with their tech and unfair practices in the 90s are skeptic because we have seen this movie already. How many "new
by Iv 8y ago
People who have known Microsoft and struggle with their tech and unfair practices in the 90s are skeptic because we have seen this movie already.
How many "new Microsoft" have we seen already?
"Will they follow through on these commitments? Will they continue to listen to the community?"
No and no. Microsoft is not in the business of making good software, it is a PR firm, an awesome marketing department with tons of experience in shady practices, and the bare minimum dev team to make Windows somewhat competitive.
Microsoft is a big company with a big NIH syndrome. Github is antinomic with their culture.
- raesene9 8y agoI too was around in IT in the 90's, but I have a different take. To me Microsoft under Nadella have changed substantially. they're more open and more collaborative. Sure they want to make money, but that's a given for a corporation. As to NIH, well I was at KubeConEU and the Microsoft engineers on the Microsoft stand were running Macbooks, and the Microsoft Keynote speaker was running an Ubuntu desktop, so it maybe isn't quite as cast-iron as it used to be.