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The people behind Windows Mobile were beyond arrogant. They even held a funeral for iPhone: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-celebrates-windows-phone-7-
by godzillabrennus 8y ago
The people behind Windows Mobile were beyond arrogant. They even held a funeral for iPhone: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-celebrates-windows-phone-7-with-mock-iphone-funeral/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-celebrates-windows-p...
- muststopmyths 8y agoI wish people would stop repeating this BS. It was an internal ship party for WP employees. Hyperbole and trash-talking is common at such things. As it should be.
- ionised 8y ago> Hyperbole and trash-talking is common at such things. As it should be. Why?
- muststopmyths 8y agoWhy should it be common ? What good is a morale event for a team where everyone talks about how far behind they are ?
- int_19h 8y agoMaybe not talk about either then?
- maimeowmeow 8y agoI've worked at places that are traditional soul sucking enterprises, and people generally still joke around.
- _pmf_ 8y ago> Hyperbole and trash-talking is common at such things. Where I walk, the only trash talking is about management and how fucking far behind we're lagging re. the competition. Burying the competitor's product is narcissistic and pathetic. Maybe this had been ordered from above.