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I think best days was referring to being an unassailable monopolist. Microsoft is doing fine now but they are no longer the juggernaut they once were.
by cstejerean 8y ago
I think best days was referring to being an unassailable monopolist. Microsoft is doing fine now but they are no longer the juggernaut they once were.
- carapace 8y agoYeah, exactly. They must be young. MS isn't going away any time soon, and I like what they've been doing recently, but uh... The was a time not so long ago when Microsoft meant computer and the Macintosh was only used by architects and wealthy artists. A time when Bill Gates was the only computer nerd most people could name, and [everyone knew] he was the richest man in the world. Even though he couldn't get a good haircut. Google? A silly name for 10e100. Amazon? A river in South America. Facebook? What the hell are you talking about? Here, have another AOL coaster, I just got five more in the mail... Interesting times.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html The idea isn't that Microsoft is dead as a company that makes wheelbarrows full of money. Microsoft is dead as a company that controls the direction of the tech industry. It's dead as a company that everyone is afraid of. Now they're just a company that competes, does it very well, and makes a lot of money.
- romwell 8y ago> It's dead as a company that everyone is afraid of. Now they're just a company that competes, does it very well, and makes a lot of money. A win-win for everyone, then.