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People don't rip on Microsoft for poor decisions and anti-competitive practices 20 years ago. They rip on Microsoft because the Microsoft ecosystem is a Rube Go
by seabird 8y ago
People don't rip on Microsoft for poor decisions and anti-competitive practices 20 years ago. They rip on Microsoft because the Microsoft ecosystem is a Rube Goldberg-esque shitshow of poorly integrated acquisitions, "features" that basically exist for the sake of causing headaches, and the reality that compelling solutions to problems get sidelined because "nobody ever got fired for going with Microsoft". Vendor lock-in doesn't endear those who have to deal with it to the company holding their business process hostage.
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- themacguffinman 8y agoThank you, it's frustrating constantly being told that there's no good reason to rip on Microsoft today. I don't hate Microsoft out of righteous anger at proprietary software or some grudge from the 90s; Their software sucks today. It's so disingenuous to say that "oh well Microsoft isn't organized enough to be evil". Mustache-twirling villainy isn't the fear with 2018 Microsoft. The fear is that they'll just ruin things they acquire just like they ruin their own software, and possibly ruin markets they wade into due to their sheer size. You don't need to be organized to ruin things. You don't even need to be evil.