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You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either? You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find
by electrichead 8y ago
You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either?
You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find that your workplace gets by with Excel.
It's hard to say you don't use their technologies.
- OnlyRepliesToBS 8y agothat sells the desire
- bayulxc5 8y agoI don't use github or linkedin. I don't use skype either... because Microsoft ruined it and everybody left (for business now I use Hangouts and for gaming now I use Discord).
- Bamafan 8y agoI'll bet you use Azure though (even if you don't realize it). I guarantee you use apps/websites/services that leverage Azure.
- yuy910616 8y agothat's clearly wrong. not everybody left. you left
- VRay 8y agoEveryone I know quit using Skype too.. it's tough to have this argument without access to expensive market research reports, though More anecdotally, the only time I used Skype in the last few years was when I had a remote job interview with LINE. (Ironically, LINE's core product is a Skype competitor, and they refused to use it for the interview even though I said I'd rather stick with LINE and not install Skype. If that isn't a red flag, I don't know what is, haha)
- 20190129 8y agoI agree with you, I often find I like Microsoft's services and subsidiary products (those you listed). I also use the crap out of Excel. But he's right Windows is taking a dive. And other Microsoft products. Example number 1: Excel has these cheesy glide animations that do nothing but slow down imports. I export a report from quickbooks to excel and if it's a large one it almost feels like Excel will crash just from processing so many animations. I tried turning it off, but it's not as easy as it looks.
- bduerst 8y agoGithub is a recent acquisition, but Linkedin and Skype are not exactly shining examples.
- ProAm 8y ago> It's hard to say you don't use their technologies Use or rely on. I have to rely on Windows. Everything else you listed has acceptable replacements.
- z3t4 8y agoMy wife just spent several hours making a Word document, then it refused to save ... It didn't even say why it couldn't save. She is a long time Windows and Word/Office user, and pretty good with computers. But she is starting to hate technology more and more.
- timrichard 8y ago> You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) ... which is also reliant on HAProxy, ElasticSearch and Redis, but that part doesn't get quoted so much. https://stackexchange.com/performance https://stackexchange.com/performance