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As much as I like most of what he does nowadays I always wonder how many years of technological progress we lost due to Microsofts shenanigans.
by pizzapill 6y ago
As much as I like most of what he does nowadays I always wonder how many years of technological progress we lost due to Microsofts shenanigans.
- junaru 6y agoWe are loosing more due to Google every year than we ever did with Microsoft.
- grizzles 6y agoWhy do you think so? Their business model? Google are vicious competitors for sure but they open source a ton of cutting edge stuff like jax & tensorflow. I would say they've did a great job at advancing the state of science & technology in the world.
- 72deluxe 6y agoI always wonder about Google. I know they produce Android but if they disappeared overnight, the world would carry on working, e.g everyone would switch to using another search engine. There would be less tracking (thanks Google Analytics)! If Microsoft disappeared overnight, how many businesses (not tech businesses but real businesses, like warehouses etc. not running Macs) would need a functioning version of Windows or Win32 software to get by?? I think Microsoft has a larger effect on the world than Google by a very very large stretch. Even in development, Microsoft's products are used far more widely. How many Google development tools are people using? I've got Android Studio but my daily dev work is Visual Studio on Windows and VS Code on Mac.
- partomniscient 6y agoYou could also argue that due to Microsoft and the past being what it was, there is also way more to lose.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoMicrosoft had Xenix in 1980 yet their extortion racket compelled OEMs to put MS-DOS in front of consumers through 2001 (until WinXP).