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It doesn't matter that there are multiple groups with differing opinions at MS or at any other organisation. The organisation acts as a organism (or, if you pre
by mikro2nd 6y ago
It doesn't matter that there are multiple groups with differing opinions at MS or at any other organisation. The organisation acts as a organism (or, if you prefer, as a set of emergent behaviours). It is, for all practical purposes, a single entity. So ascribing a behaviour or a wish or a bias to "Microsoft" is an entirely valid generalisation. Generalisations are only bad when applied to isolated/differentiated components/constituents of a compound body.
- wayneftw 6y agoOh okay, well that explains everything. So which other group on the same order of magnitude of Microsoft's 150,000 employees do you know of that exhibits the same kind of decisiveness that would normally be attributed to a single entity?
- wizzwizz4 6y agoFacebook is the first that comes to mind, followed by Twitter (the "other social media company" in my mind, even though Reddit's bigger).
- wayneftw 6y agoDidn’t a bunch of Facebook employees stage a walk out last month? What are some examples of these companies acting incomplete unison at all times?