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Healthy check and balance Microsoft is performing. Strategically this has been a master move, not paying for the engineering costs while profiting from labor fr
by lowdose 7y ago
Healthy check and balance Microsoft is performing. Strategically this has been a master move, not paying for the engineering costs while profiting from labor fruits. It is admirable for a company to admit the technology of the main competitor is superior and the only way forward is improving their output. Sets a great example for everybody.
- Ericson2314 7y agoUm, More like Google embraced extended exstinguished the original gangster! Microsoft would have been much better off being Mozilla's patron than capitulating to Google.
- robbyt 7y agoI don't think engineering costs are an issue for msft. Empirically, the source of msft's quality issues seem to be managerial / organizational.
- 300bps 7y agoI called for Microsoft to fork Chromium in their next browser over 5.5 years ago. I'm not surprised Google is worried. My HN comment from over 5.5 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7909383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7909383