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I like how Microsoft isn't bad anymore.
by stanislavb 6y ago
I like how Microsoft isn't bad anymore.
- tehjoker 6y agoFAAMNG
- waterhouse 6y agohttps://new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=FAAMNG&t=500&a=n https://new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=FAAMNG...
- npteljes 6y agoI'm partial to GMAFIA myself, but I'm afraid that it has the same cranky connotation as "Micro$oft" had back in the day.
- mikro2nd 6y agoI've been going with GRAFT when referring to the social-media incumbents. (Strictly speaking it should be GRAAFT, and I can't figure a way to neatly include an 'M'.)
- tremon 6y agoMAFANG
- ceilingcorner 6y agoGates and Co. have been on a PR push for the last twenty years. It appears to have worked.
- viraptor 6y agoGates is doing PR for himself. I've not seen him say anything relevant about MS in a really long time.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoGates is the richest person in the world. I assure you, he has a team of PR people dedicated to improving his image and the image of the source of his wealth (Microsoft.) The fact that this is downvoted and somehow controversial is proof of their campaign’s effectiveness...it’s how the media works, people.
- samoa42 6y ago> Gates is the richest person in the world. not true for three years now
- durnygbur 6y agoHe has, quite literally, all the money in the world to hire PR people to make the public believe he is what he desires.
- evgen 6y agoIt is not 'how the media works' or any sort of proof of a PR campaign, it is just wrong. That is why it is being downvoted.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoYou don’t think that one of the richest people in the world has a PR team that helps shape his public perception?
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- inglor_cz 6y agoThey failed in the mobile market and thus lost a lot of influence.
- null_object 6y ago>I like how Microsoft isn't bad anymore. How is Microsoft relevant to this discussion? Just to give one trivial example of how this impacts people who don’t want to have anything to do with Facebook or its satellite entities, in my country many government agencies communicate through Instagram. As soon as I click on a graphic, or scroll their official feed, I’m forced to login to a Facebook company. How does that happen with Microsoft? Even when someone sends me a Word or Excel document I’m freely able to open it with a third-party application, without ever needing to give Microsoft my real and personal details, including needing to verify my phone number or email.
- freyr 6y agoThat seems more like a symptom of your government’s poor choices. Is it Facebook’s fault your government decided to communicate via Instagram instead of Word or PDF or HTML or dozens of other options?
- monadic2 6y agoHow is this kind of juvenile behavior accepted on this forum?
- fwn 6y agoThe parent criticized the commonly used FAANG acronym for excluding Microsoft. That is not juvenile in my book. There's apparently "FANGAM" to account for that omission. According to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#FAANG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#FAANG
- monadic2 6y agoAm I missing something? FAANG obviously omits a bunch of relevant large tech companies and it's rather disingenuous to be confused at its omission when the acronym obviously doesn't have an M in it. Feigning stupidity to make a point against a straw man is both juvenile behavior and evidently derailed the thread from civil or productive conversation. That's a successful troll, my friend, not any kind of behavior that aligns with the community guidelines.
- durnygbur 6y ago> I like how Microsoft isn't bad anymore. Just wait. People love to be within top 10 richest on the planet and will do a lot to achieve it.
- pestaa 6y agoAre you suggesting Nadella will sacrifice the long term vision of Microsoft for personal gain?