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> I'm largely of the same era as the author Well, were you also from Microsoft? He seems to be talking about the way Microsoft did things "back in the day" -
by commandlinefan 5y ago
> I'm largely of the same era as the author
Well, were you also from Microsoft? He seems to be talking about the way Microsoft did things "back in the day" - and it's hard to argue that they weren't very successful at it back then.
- thinkharderdev 5y agoVery successful at producing and selling software for sure. I wouldn't really hold up mid-to-lat 90s MS products as the pinnacle of reliable, well-designed software though.
- postalrat 5y agoYou can't compare crud web apps with a large operating system that was on the cutting edge for the day.
- gilbetron 5y agoI had considered that, but the article isn't "Microsoft then and now", but tries to make a comparison of the entirety of the software industry then and now. Microsoft may have done things better (I've heard differing stories), but industry-wide software development doesn't resemble his description.