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Occams razor and statistical reasoning. The likelihood that the population contains a (normal) distribution with a not smart mean while also containing enough t
by Dn_Ab 16y ago
Occams razor and statistical reasoning. The likelihood that the population contains a (normal) distribution with a not smart mean while also containing enough technical sophistication to create the products they do seems low.
no business skill Implies no intelligence is false
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Intelligence => Business Skill is false. Business Skill is not necessary for intelligence.
- nailer 16y agoMicrosoft's last major revenue making product was ms office. People want to work for successful companies, Microsoft, despite residual income from previous successes, is no longer successful. Not successful at mobile, not succesful at search, not successful for web development. Occam's razor, people don't want to work for Microsoft.
- kevin_morrill 16y agoNot really true at all. All of their Server and Tools Division grew to a multi-billion dollar business long after MS Office attained dominance. SharePoint, a $1 billion+ product is just one example.
- nailer 16y agoWhat percent of ms profits do those make? That's what I thought.
- kevin_morrill 16y agoIn 2011 Q1 for the company, Server and Tools was $3.9 billion. For comparison, in the same quarter Windows was $4.7 billion. So it's a business segment largely created in the past 10 years that is 82% of the size of Windows (one of the most profitable business franchises in the history of mankind). In the past 10 years the company has tripled revenues and is now the 3rd most profitable company in the Fortune 500 behind just Exxon and Chevron. I hope my startup should be so fortunate as to make that kind of money. I'd gladly put up with all the ridicule Microsoft gets in the tech community, as I laugh all the way to the bank.